AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES. 



gnuurakk ; ' sixth,' kariup karrup palk ; ' seventh,' chaarkum ; ' eighth,' wart- 

 whirngbuul ; ' ninth,' towillup ; ' tenth,' titit. The remaining numbers down to 

 the eighteenth are the same as those representing the opposite side. ' Twenty- 

 eighth ' is kiiapp wai'teep tannyuuk, ' one moon.' 



In the Kuum kopan uoot language the numbers are — ' first,' gnterang 

 niarrang; 'second,' kaanang kuurt; 'third,' muurtmeetch; 'fourth,' puulkuyeetch ; 

 ' fifth,' niilliBwuurk ; ' si.xth,' warratpeenyakk ; ' seventh,' tarkuum ; ' eighth,' 

 waawing ; ' ninth,' miixigmirnitt ; ' twenty-eighth,' kiiappa kuurn-taruung, ' one 

 moon.' 



In making appointments, the day is indicated by both name and sign, by 

 touching the part, and mentioning the word which represents both the part and 

 the number. When an appointment is made through a messenger, the number is 

 sometimes distinguished by affixing some mark to the part representing it on his 

 body, in order to obviate any mistake on the part of a stupid or forgetful 

 messenger. 



