AUSTRALIA AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES. 115 
when it came off; and as to the work to be done in this way, there 
rocess of cutting through the bark of trees, low down, 
weighing 4 oz. It was found on the Paterson. There is 
n appearance -about the edge of this penne which eg a 
‘ac of its having been forced through hard wood. Th 
appearance is very noticeable on the large ney headed hatchet 
with the deep groove already described. 
Another of the large hatchets, of speckled green colour and 
good cutting edge, may be noticed on account of a fine example 
which it supplies of the skill of some operator to strike off a lar 
other cases, and so conspicuous where kerosene shale is concerned. 
efore leaving on hatchets, notice may be taken of three 
specimens of what appear to be half-formed implements for 
of the brook itself, and, being water-worn, they must fire: n 
carried to the place where they were found, near sheltering rocks, 
such as might well be frequented by aborigin The farmer 
‘ : Ps ora ea : 
hands, though the evidence is not so plain in the other case. The 
third specimen was picked up by the writer at Taree, on the 
Manning River. It is a water-worn piece of stone, and was found 
it is plain on inspection, but the instrument seems to have been 
lost or rejected before it was finished. Along wi three 
half-finished specimens may be noticed the water-worn flat piece of 
stone picked up by the writer in the channel of the Hunter. It 
