now the remains were to be seen in the branches of what was 

 known as the cockatoo bush. (Mr. Ingleby — " Hear, bear.") 

 He wondered that Mr. Woods had not referred to the fact. 



Mr. E. G-. Thomas said Mr. Woods spoke of the Port 

 Jackson blacks using bows and arrows. He had never heard 

 of such being the case, and was sorry Mr. Woods was not 

 present to give his authority. Nothing had been said in the 

 paper about the blacks being specially fond of a particular 

 kind of fat in the body, which they generally took from any 

 human victim who fell into their hands, or even from the dead 

 of their own tribe. 



Mr. Ixgleby said there appeared, too, to be no doubt that 

 the natives had recognised doctors amongst them. He had 

 heard of the bones of a human skeleton being perfectly 

 articulated by one of their doctors. 



Mr. Molis"EUX said with regard to eating fat, he had often 

 heard the blacks speak of killing a native of another tribe for 

 his kidney fat. 



Mr. Butt said with regard to the special honors which 

 seemed to be paid to some natives at their death, he thought it 

 was owing to their royalty. He remembered once a native 

 queen being buried at Tipper Kensington with similar rites and 

 ceremonies to those which had been described. In bis opinion 

 it was only because of her royal position. 



Mr. MoLi> T Erx said he did not think there was any recog- 

 nised royal family among the blacks. Any man among them 

 who was of powerful physique or displayed any special daring 

 or intelligence, was respected above all others, and recognised 

 as their great leader or chief. 



The Hon. B. T. Biiroriss said he remembered King John very 

 well. He was a man of very powerful frame and commanding 

 appearance. Eeference had been made to the question of half- 

 castes among the blacks. Several theories had been advanced 

 as to whether there was or was not any dislike to them on the 

 part of the blacks. He remembered being at Sapid Bay in 

 1838, and being camped with a small party, including a few 

 friendly blacks, among whom were a native and his lubra and 

 a half-caste child. The night was A r ery rough, and the child 

 cried a great deal. The black man, however, got up and 

 attended to it, and treated it entirely as his own, and showed 

 anything but a dislike to it. 



Mr. IxftLEBT said in his opinion the blacks showed no special 

 dislike to half-caste children. 



Mr. MoLTXErx endorsed Mr. Ingleby's opinion, but said he 

 once heard a black say in reference to a half-caste child that 

 he did not like its red hair, and the mother subsequently 



