154 R. H. MATHEWS. 
-fragments of old fishing yards in different places, but they 
are of less extent and more disconnected than those I have 
selected for reproduction. 
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Diagram of the Ngtnnhu or Native Fish Traps in the Darling River at 
Brewarrina. 
There is now a magnificent high-level bridge over the 
Darling about a mile above the fishery, but prior to its 
erection, loaded drays, travelling stock, and general traffic 
used to cross the river on the rocky bar already described, 
in consequence of which most of the pens in the vicinity of 
the bar have become dilapidated beyond recognition. In 
midstream, just below and adjoining the bar, is a small, low, 
rocky island, on which trees formerly grew, as evidenced 
by a few stumps still remaining. Within the recollection 
of the present natives, and also of old residents among the 
white people, the area of this island is less now than it was 
thirty or forty years ago, owing to the trampling of cattle 
and other stock. Between this island and the northern 
bank of the river, but somewhat lower down stream, are 
two other insular patches, but much smaller, witha few trees 
growing upon them. ‘The oldest of the aborigines told me 
that the bar itself, and the margins of the little islands, 
were studded with catching pens in the olden times. 
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