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usual depression in the base. It was found on Murtie Run, 

 Darling River, and weighs a little over 10 fbs. 



No. 2. A slender, cylindrical clay slate, 21f inches long, 

 with a maximum circumference of 6f inches. At a distance 

 of 2i inches from the apex, a well defined groove extends 

 completely round the shaft. There is a slight depression 

 in the base, and a number of marks all along the shaft, but 

 not shown in the drawing. It was found near Wilcannia. 



No. 3, a compact grained kaolin, is interesting on account 

 of its very pronounced crescent shape, on the convex side 

 especially. The native workman had perhaps to accom- 

 modate the design of the implement to the form of the 

 block from which he obtained it, or the shape may have 

 been intentional. The total length is 12 and fi of an 

 inch. A section through the shaft about midway would 

 have an elliptical shape, the longer diameter of which 

 would be 3J inches and the shorter 2 -or inches. There are 

 several marks cut into the surface, one of which, near the 

 base, reaches quite round the stone, and there is a well 

 defined hollow an eighth of an inch deep in the base or 

 large end. The specimen was found on the Darling River 

 above Wilcannia, and weighs 3 lbs. 13 ozs. 



Nos. 4, 5, 6. A quartzite pebble, 9 inches long and 3} 

 broad. No. 5 is a side view showing the thickness of the 

 stone to be 2 A inches. The specimen is evidently just in 

 the condition it was in when picked up by the native artist, 

 with the exception that the basal end was first beaten flat, 

 and then a couple of trough shaped hollows worked into it* 

 No. 6 exhibits the outline of these hollows which lie in the 

 direction of the longer diameter of the base. One of the 

 hollows has been ground into a depth of a thirtieth of an 

 inch, and the other is slightly shallower. This specimen 

 is interesting from the fact that the only labour bestowed 

 upon it consists of the formation of the cavities in the 



