of 'T);ii)mt.su 



a' (tnuislah 



'd Gmit TliMl.lh 



a) th,. 



name 



by which 





I {U 



ft 'in 



height) is 



thus open ; 



ui alternative «1 





;ion 1)( 



^tl^fihe 



.0. ^Tprefe 



r to derive froii 



iTndi 





irces. It 





nt etymology o 



f the 



Jap!I! 



lese w(jrd 





■s whicli Sir a 



eorge 



(Jivv 



■ saw are 





ral ])eings also. 





ei-al ot 



■ tliein are 





the style of cu 



n(;ifot 







; i, .1 



with strictest 





Y'xamina- 



..■1,1 to Ix'flls 



o decipherable. 



^'On "'""' 



the right of the 



ii are lhre( 



3 rows of rings. 



Dr, 



. Adai 



n Clarke 



; among the 



Hindoos is a mystic 



: syml 



,ol of tlie 



gg'^tt 



of S\diii\. I'll- the followijig })ait.iculars bearing upon these cavc- 

 p;uniiii.--. Ue was in tlie locality where they are found, as 

 receiu.iy ,i. 1 S,s7 r<. IIu does not appear to have seen the pictures 



tation- <j1' animals. Tlie natives call them pictures of ' Noune,' 



afraiil. Mr. Froggatt thinks the pictures are modern, and done 

 by tlie nati\('S, because fresh sketches are added. Jt i& quite 



paiiirin^-, Init theii' icrnoraiKe of the personality of the tirst arti&t 



tin,, . . , 1 .tion.^b.uk The ]),iintings of animals *,een by Flinders 

 and 1 1. .... I ,1113, on tl . 10. k- on Chasm Kland, and by Cunningham 

 on CI 1 1- - !-iand .ire cv id. nil} l)v artist-, of the same race. Among 

 the tmui. s which Flmdei s"^ party saw was a human hand presum- 

 ably in ted. Grey found a hand and arm done in black. These 

 han<]s OK ur, done sometimes in black but mostly in red, all o^er 

 Australia. Mr. Curr has seen the blacks making such impressions 

 for pi^iime and he is of opinion that others which ha\e been 

 ' - ^ ' .1 iii,i\ l)e also modem, and of no special significance. From 

 ltd. iHv of these 'red hands' in places very far apart and 

 '1 1 . • uliar position and arrangement of groups of them,t 

 ' . I i . ip concluding that they are in the first instance sacre<l 



..1 io\v('\cr fri\o]ou',ly they may have been imitated by 



I Pamted Eocka of Australia," 



