therefore ' polit " I'cpresf'iiting two, ' inea or ' inir may be the 

 trace of a term for one okler than 'kaiap' or cotenipoi'ineous with 

 it. And the Australian exaniph'-> s\ lu'n uonibitied strongly favour 

 the presumption that the Tasmanian ' mara ' the stem of the term 

 for owe has a corresponding form on tlw^ continent. 



The Tasmanians had such expressioTis as lr,i.t-l<m>j for laH, and 



-i.y." fear, hun,L'er, fondness, itc, by names which indicated their 

 effect upon tlm stomach or th(; eyes : tVature.^ al.-,o of Australian 



m. The Ta.smanians iiM-d dimi.nitiv<... a. for instanc 

 /^ 'pu-gettM,' a rhlhi. \\\- n y, told l-v M r. Curr* tha 



rihe. 1- Reduplication wa.^ a f.'utun- of both lanoua-e 

 ^.mcral iji the AusLrali;.n, perhaps owin- to it: 

 Malay as well as Papuan spee.'h. In hoti> Austrahai 



'i:, usually the 



