NOTES ON SOME NATIVE TRIBES OF AUSTRALIA. 119 
addressed, and the other excludes him. The first of these 
is marked ‘“‘inclusive,’’ and the latter ‘‘exclusive’”’ in the 
following tabulation :— | 
(1st Person I, Ngaiulu 
Singular < 2nd ,, Thou, Nuntu 
occa amie. Paluru 
J We, incl., Nuntunegali 
(ist Person | We, excl., Negali y 
Dual 4 ZAG You, Numbali 
Bil e They Palurukutara 
We; incl, Nguntunganana 
ete (tst Person We, excl., Nganana 
ural < ond ay You, Ngurangari 
ord ‘ They Tana 
The possessive pronouns are aS under :— 
(1st Person Mine, Ngaiuku 
Singular < 2nd ,, Thine, Nuntuba 
orde = 6.9) bliss Palumba 
‘ Ours, incl., Nuntungalimba 
(ise Person } Ours, excl., Ngalimba 
Dual < gna a Yours, Numbalimba 
ord 5 Theirs, Palumbakutara 
Ours; incl, Nuntunganamba 
( Le Person | Ours, excl., Nganamba 
Plural, ond __,, Pee VOuTSS 7, Ngurangarimba 
ord vs Theirs, Tanamba 
Substantially the same dialect extends south-westerly 
from the Lo-rit-ya country to the Blythe and Petermann 
Ranges, and goes a long way into Western Australia. 
Among the Lo-rit-ya people the septum of the nose is 
pierced in both sexes, and they have the same belief con- 
cerning re-birth, which I have reported in earlier pages as 
existing among the Chau-an tribe. The same belief reaches 
far into Western Australia. 
LORITYA VOCABULARY. 
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The following list of eighty-nine of the most commonly 
used words in the Lo-rit-ya language has been written down 
