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Tlie aboTigijics iiianifestcd a strong dtSSifO 

 soc tliu new white feller" wlio liiul rome mnoiin; 

 them, which it seemed was u rare occurrciice iu 

 tliis secluded place : they were all eager for 

 tobacec) — soine piPdof ih&f adY^cing to- 

 wards civilizati on Both males and females were 

 in a state of iimlity, weariiif^" the ojjossioii-skin 

 ch>;ik< oulv as a protection t'nnn tlie weather; 

 and tlie septum naris had the usual perforation 

 and oraain^oiiilirough it. Some of fl^ feaate 

 Itadtolerabfypr^tty features, with dai»kll3iit,alM^> 

 and liaving' a natural curl, not, iiowcver, in any 

 r{S])eet like tlie frizzled hair of the African neg-ro, 

 or the spiral twist of tiiat race so closely allied to 

 j5ltBtft-r-:^e Fapoioi^ iOiat wled appe^aifi^ 

 ia&i&tL iu tha buir c»f Enmpemi t9^. M&ay 

 of tlie females wore the front teeth of the kan- 

 garoo as ornaments attached to their liair, and 

 esteemed them for that purpose. The native 

 weapozts afre diiH ^ b^mmua^y and 



sMeldSy w&ieli Ial;te^4mve md^ojm carired 

 with tlis0 incisor tooth of a kangaroo upon them. 



The niittiei'als iu the aboriginal langu€^e at this 



• Tilt' spears ;ire six to twcl\r feel long; the shorter arc 

 made of reetl pointed with hard womli the louger arc rude 

 filldks i^d^ed at ihe exti^ttiiQrv TH^y-u^ & throwing^ 

 Btick, similar to the one seen among the natives in the vicinity 

 t»f Sydney and other parts of the ccAmy, 



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