IN AUSTRALIA PHILOLOGICALLY EXAMINED, 141 
ments; but heths result of longand gene research—gives such a 
vast amount of information, so many examples of words used in 
all parts of the world to mean water, that the paper must be con- 
sidered as an extremely valuable one, as it paves the way for anyone 
who chooses to follow up this interesting subject. 1 have only 
names ; though [ am aware that many of these men know nothing 
of the origin of these names. How few Liverpool men know 
the origin of that name! 3 which, like Kumiduchidge, is trie 
toa similar bird fe the joining f 
tru 
interpretation cannot be obtained, some clue might be diuieovased 
as to the principle adopted in the formation. 
The word naot (see page 10) canoe, is also given to Orion’s belt 
by the aborigines. The three stars are supposed to 7 a ee rowers 
who are on their way to the pleiades in search of w 
The late Sir Thomas Mitchell was a most eliable’ eataoes being 
a good linguist, and possessing a good ear for sound, he noted every 
syllable correctly. He preserv ed the native name of arling Point, 
ere he resided for many hon the name being Yarranabee, the 
ating of which Ido not know. The site now occupied by 
the garden of Mr. Jas. S. Mitchell was eh a large lagoon sur- 
rounded by high reeds or rushes. word Yarra appears in 
several places about the Murrumbidgee near ams, or Yarrh, but I 
cannot attach a swamp or Jagoon to any of these spots. 
In riding to Sydney from ‘his residence—which he did daily, 
at him, he named the place “ Barking Glen”, hence Barcom Glen 
has wed a permanent name 
r. u Faur remarked that ne Ne se plans of the Mur- 
ru ne River showed names fo rt of it, and that some 
of the words were of eight syllables; and unpronounceable by 
Europeans, 
Mr. Trevor Jones said that 8 does not occur in native names, 
and that the aboriginals cannot pronounce the letter F, but both 
aera are often found printed on maps and plans in native 
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