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these drawings exactly as they are in the cave, being accurately 
drawn to scale from actual measurements, and in the proper colours. 
The figure of Baramaz, or Devil Devil, or whatever the image 
represents, is drawn in red, by a number of strokes drawn in the 
direction of the different limbs, not one mass of red colour, and 
appears to have been done with some red substance held in the 
hand. The apple tree, and also the grass tree of Australia, yield 
a red gum or resin, which has the property of staining anything 
with which it comes in contact when in a wet state. The eyes, 
and the lower part of the body of the man, are drawn in white. 
The seven perpendicular marks, which we have supposed to be 
the upper ends of spears resting against the rock, are drawn in a 
whitish grey colour, probably with a white stone held in the hand. 
All the rest of the figures are drawn in what has been called the © 
“ stencil” or “splash-work” method. These drawings appear to 
have been made by placing the extended hand, or other object, 
flat on the rock, and then squirting a whitish colour over it by 
means of the mouth, or in some other manner. It will be observed 
that three of the hands in this cave are right hands, which is 
rather unusual in these rock drawings, the impression being 
generally that of the left hand. | 
After the “splash-work” drawing was completed, some dark 
substance appears to have been applied to the rock within its 
margin, because all the splash work figures in this cave are darker 
than the surrounding sandstone. The height of the lowest of 
these figures above the floor of the cave is about four feet, and 
that of the highest about twelve feet. 
I was informed by Mr. W. G. McAlpin, who is now eighty-four 
years of age, and has resided in the neighbourhood for the last 
fifty years, that the figures in this cave were there when he first 
came to the district; and even at that time the drawings were 
beyond the knowledge of the local blacks. Mr. McAlpin further 
states that the figures on the rock are now in about the same 
state of preservation as when he first saw them upwards of fifty 
