176 i?t;sTOMS OP THi? Atidnmi»Es?* 



and arc prepared, wlien reisie»% takiffiQ from tUe 

 aninuil, l)y strrtcliiiin' tlicTii out upon the ground 

 with small wooden pe^s, Hie iimev side l)eing 

 scraped with a shell, until they are rendered 

 p&i^lf ^l6a3i> and; )>liiMe. Tlie ^hxm yfhm 

 ^ry are stitelied iicatly together, wilil lltreild 

 made from tlie hniu' tendons of the imiseles 

 about tlie tail of tlie kano'aroo; (wliieli when 

 dried are capable of being divided into threads 



tlmmt my diegsrea i^ iiojmjm ;) the n^edh 

 is formed of j^e&Bf bone ; and a number 

 of these skins sewn to^'etlier form the cloaks 

 in general use. Amon<>' both niah'S and females 

 many have a sort of tataa'mg, or ornamental 

 maufes semtdied upaat lite iimer part of tlie 

 cloak, according to the i^isle tlie owner. 



l^oth sexes have the septmn naris perforate<l, 

 in wbieh a pieeo of straw, stick, or emu-lione i< 

 worn, looking like what Jack would term a 

 " spritsail yard/' tMs practfel^i»TinivfiiJ^^ 

 the wtuole the tdhes $em in 'die colonyi^and 

 is regarded as highly ornamental, I liave he- 

 fore alluded to the loss of an incisor r«iotJi of 

 the upper jaw, observed among the ailnlt mali' 

 natives ; m inquiry, I fomwi jpuoeaedM 

 fyom a ^oili^tMC @xiis&g among th&tkt (which is 

 attended d.i ih& %fmQ with much ceremony of a 

 male, on attaining the age of manhood^ having 



