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NTATrVE OttKAMENTd. 



The-tigiid(ma of the mtiBcles about the tail of 



till' kann-firoo, and those of the legs of the emta^ 



arc cnij verted into thread by tlie nat-ivej^, wlio 

 inaiiiifucture I'rom it a iicat net ornament, 



^^BoIImbii^^^^ C]^&i>flheseortmmd!it8» 

 mi^i fm me hf ft t^te^ female^ of the ten- 

 pl^^ted i^m the kano-aroo, was executed 

 in the following manner The lonoest tendons 

 selected from the tail were laid in an extended 

 po^ttibti ti> itf i» ikn mn J they were aftej^waudf 

 divided too tiimds ; (inrhea dry ihey eace ca- 

 pable of producing tlircads of considerable fine- 

 noKs ;) the cord intended for this ornament was 

 made by two of these threads being rolled upon 

 lihe thigh, addtttions Mug ixtade mi& & 9t«ft« 

 isieot^ lei^h -WBA i^j^tied ht Urn pwtpm^ te^ 

 quired, usually extending- to several yards. The 

 netting" process is execute*! in a manner some- 

 what similar to our own j tlie ornament, one 

 vm^ a^iulf m hmdth^ exteitds^ lilui ^ Mht 



although, perhaps, not to the same extent.) A settler 

 lust hiiuselt' in the bush, aiid thinking he saw a native at A 

 distance, he hailed with the usual »» Cu, he ; cu, he," (which. 

 GD&he heard at a gciiat ^st^Dce, ami is borrawed from the 



nittives,) until he made the waoils resouiKl ; but iTctivliit^ no 

 reply, he gullopud up to the object, and then diseoveied it 



was m^Af4tr4^ki!hiid ^xn^^^ ^ mif ito tliis mi^ 1)e some 

 apology for the poor leatigtirods^ 



