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UIVEU fISU, 



the length of the fisli. TIiosc I exaniiin d were 

 of a yclluwisli-grcr'n ffitmir, covered Mitli irre- 

 guliir black spots, witli li silvery ubdonieii. They 

 are named fey fte qolonists^ ^^tiVier cod and 

 by the z\m^m&^ **Mewtijruk*'** In the &t€h 

 mach of this fish I frequently found shell-fish, of 

 tlie genus L'/ih/, in an ent'ivc. state. The larL^'er 

 kind of these shells the natives of the Tumut 

 ccwmti^r^all ^* iSargun ; " and the sttiatter, itsieilly 

 femx^ in tlviiieti m ci*«6fes, «*Pittda^qtiin, or 

 iSbcki." Occasionally I lalf- digested masses of 

 green caterpillars, and other iaseets, were also 

 found iu the stomach of this fish. In the Tuiiiat 

 eauntiy, varieties of the '* river cod," are called 

 hj th& mMms Bevmok^ Hungee^ Another 

 fish of the family is also ('aught iu the 



Yas, Murrunibidgee, and otlier large rivers in 

 the colony : it is called the " perch" by the colo- 

 nists, and " Kupe'" by the natives, 1 preserved 



mnng lei^teen inches in lengthy and six iaches 

 at its greatest breadth, conmimng a fee roe : 



* The aborigines are expert fishermen ; and I have seen 

 l3iem <»^tOre tk number of fislj, whvn Europeans trying near 

 them have not had even i\ nibble. About tlie Fivli tivcr, the 

 aborigines have a novel manner ot iishing — b} pJaeing a bait 



at df wh&U ^dter k ctem ^ dn the 



Hilt u^rmMtig, they irmt^fia it with njucU expemess. 



