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a certain freedom of hand tliat makes them very interesting. 

 The rings, which are done in red ochre, are executed with par- 

 ticular care. Close to the rock-shelter is a small waterhole, and 

 further along in a rent is a larger one of about seven feet in 

 diameter." 



The foregoing are my notes made on the 22nd June, 1<S91, 

 which give a fair description of the locality. 



Here again three colors have been used, which are retained in 

 the facsimile reproduction of tlie drawings. 



Excepting the two huge snakes at the bottom of the plate, the 

 only realistic representation is the black design to the left, which 

 depicts a branch with leaves. 



About the black figure to the right of the braticli, it has been 

 suggested to me that it may be intended for a rider on horseback. 

 This is not improbable, because tliis part of the country is close 

 to where several exploring parties have passed along, and conse- 

 quently some blacks must have seen a rider, and this would no 

 doubt create a deal of discussion, and might easily have led to 

 an attempt at illustration. 



The other designs I can only comment upon as far as their 

 execution goes, which it will be acknowledged is excellent, and 

 shows a deal of skill. The accuracy with which the rings are 

 finished, and the freedom of sweep with which the principal 

 lines of the design to their right are formed places the drawings 

 amongst the best of their class. 



This completes the notes on the rock-paintings, which, it will 

 be observed, were found, with one exception, within a compara- 

 tively limited area. Tlie exception are the circular marks found 

 near Camp 12, which locality lies probably within the territory 

 of the Blyth llange tribe. If the highest elevation of the 

 Everard liange is taken as the centre, the localities all lie within 

 a radius of 75 miles, and the paintings are, therefore, probably 

 entirely attributable to one tribe, namely, the Everard Range 

 tribe, as I have called it from ignorance of their correct tribal 

 name. 



A comparison of these paintings with those from other locali- 

 ties and produced by other tribes, I feel certain, will prove an 

 interesting and instructive study. 1 hope, therefore, that some 

 iconographer better qualified than myself will succeed with the 

 aid of other available material in interpreting their significance. 



ETCHINGS ON HARK. WORMA. 



The etchings on bark, of which three representations are given 

 on Plate 16, were obtained at the Eraser Range, the only place 

 at which they were noticed. 



These etchings are of special interest as a proof that the desire, 



