LANGUAGE, ETC., ABORIGINES OF PORT STEPHENS. 103 



The LANGUAGE, WEAPONS and MANUFACTURES of 

 the ABORIGINES of PORT STEPHENS, N.S.W. 



By W. J. Enright, b.a. 8yd. 



(Communicated by R. H. Mathews, l.s., Memb. Corres. Soc. 

 d'Anthrop. de Paris.) 

 [With Plates III., IV.] 



[Received Aug. 29. Bead before the Royal Society o/N. S. Wales, Sep. 5, 1900.~\ 



Last year I contributed a short paper to this Society on " The 

 Initiation Ceremonies of the Aborigines of Port Stephens." 1 On 

 the present occasion it is intended to supply a grammar and 

 vocabulary of the Kutthung, one of the tribes dealt with in my 

 former article, and it is hoped that this attempt to preserve the 

 language of the native tribes on this part of the coast of New 

 South Wales may be found of some value. Two photographs, 

 showing a number of weapons and other articles collected by me 

 amongst these natives have been added, together with a short 

 description of each. 



My best thanks are due to my old and valued friend, Mr. R. EL 

 Mathews, of Parramatta, for introducing me to the principal men 

 of the tribe, and for many practical suggestions whilst I was 

 occupied in carrying on the work. 



In the system of spelling adopted, all the consonants have the 

 same value as in English. The sounds of the vowels are repre- 

 sented in the following words : — 



a = fate 



d = fan 



d = far 



e = let 



ee = meet 



1 Juurn. &>y. !Soc. JN. S. Wales, xxx.n., llo- 12-4. 



I = wit 



u = gun 



i = mite 



u = sure 



o = dot 



on = now 



6 = note 



oy = coy 



oo = moon 





