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seasons these rushes were occupied or visited by a species of moth 

 called by the natives Bugon or Bugong; they abounded in swamps 

 and were no doubt connected in some way with the numerous 

 gossamer webs also found in abundance amongst the rushes. These 

 moths, though small, were occasionally collected by the natives as 

 an article of food, an entrement only, and the expression Cowal 

 Bugon indicated the intention of one or more of these natives of 

 visiting this lake for the purpose of collecting these insects ; had 

 the object been otherwise, such as seeking wa^er-fowl or their eggs, 

 the significant name for that particular item would have been 

 used in place of the word " Bugon." 



" Cowal, as I have already explained, means large; I cannot at 

 present give the tribal name for water, lake, or swamp; there are 

 several names for these, so as to distinguish good drinking water 

 from that which is bad, also smooth water from that flowing over 

 a rocky bed, etc. 



" The word Bugon is applied also to the moths found in num- 

 bers at Mount Kosciusko, but I am unable to say whether they 

 are identical with those of the Lachlan district; doubtless local 

 influences cause some difference. 



"Many years ago while scaling some steep cliffs of Hawkesbury 

 Sandstone, situated at an elevation of at least 3,000 feet, at the 

 head of the Cudgegong River, I was nearly smothered by a swarm 

 of moths which suddenly issued from a cave or recess in the rocks, 

 these I conclude were more closely allied to the Kosciusko moth 

 than those of the Lachlan River. 



"I have grave doubts as to the genuiness of the name "Bum- 

 baldry " (p. 65); taken in connection with the interpretation 

 thereof, I am inclined to think that it is the result of some poetically 

 inspired early settler on viewing a number of naked aborigines 

 taking headers into the pool of water on Tyagong Creek. 



" In conclusion, I may here note that, in the early days when 

 the natives were numerous, the arrangements in a ' camp proper,' 

 that is, when it comprised the bulk of a tribe, were carried on 



