66 F. B, W, WOOLRYCH. NATIVE NAMES OF 



over it, as also excellent pasturage for cattle, so that it forms 

 a valuable run. After unusually wet seasons the Cowal is 

 filled and overflows by a narrow outlet which conducts the 

 water to a line sheet of permanent water called the " Manna 

 lagoon '' the overflow from this is led off by an insignificant 

 looking outlet, but soon spreads over another plain or 'Cowal' 

 of smaller dimensions known as the Narang or little Cowal 

 — ('Narang,' little). This when full forms a broad but 

 shallow sheet of water which has also its outlet, though 

 scarcely perceptible to an inexperienced bushman ; this is 

 the head of a creek, gradually deepening and having a course 

 of several miles when it terminates in another line lagoon 

 four or five miles Jong, of permanent water, which bears 

 the name of Bogandillan. ' Biiggin ' means a large sheet 

 of water, and ' dil-lan ' signifies can't get out, or dammed 

 back. 



[The word Cowal is an adjective, signifies large, extensive, 

 etc., 'Cowal coAval' the largest ; 'Bugon' or 'Buggin' signifies 

 a lagoon or swamp. This lagoon, in question, would be called 

 by the blacks, " Cowal Cowal Bugon "' the largest lake, 

 shortened to "Cowal." It will be readily seen how this 

 word became adopted by both whites and blacks as a proper 

 name. This word has a similar signification in the language 

 of the Hunter River and Hawkesbury Tribes. " JSTarang or 

 Nerang, 1 ' means small, inferior, it is used with that meaning 

 by the Wellington blacks as well as by the above named 

 tribes.— J. F. M.] 



Bogandillan Lagoon, as it is called by the whites, has an outlet 

 and the surplus waters after continued rain again spread out 

 into polygonum flats, until eventually it finds its way to the 

 Lachlan River ; but there may be long intervals between 

 seasons when water flows throughout the whole of the course 

 described to the Lachlan River. 



Manna Mountain — This is the highest hill and finest landmark 

 in this part of the district, the Manna lagoon is at its base on 

 the east. The native name is Mun-ya* signifying manna, 

 which is plentiful there. 



Jin'-da-lee — The native name of "Morris's Hill " in the county 

 of Harden, it is bare on the top (or bald) while the neigh- 

 bouring hills are thickly timbered, hence its name 'Jin'-da-lee' 

 meaning ' got no skin on your bones. ' The ' a ' in ' da ' is 

 sounded as in the word father. 



* This word appears to me remarkably like the Hebrew for manna — i.e. 

 Man hu) as given in the Imperial Dictionary. 



