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■ like white feller/* that his fUther diil nut w mr 

 liiiTfhes ; he replied, M\ fadcler no <e(' wfiitc 

 feller trowsers — if' make a llykl (see) make get ; 

 Imt no wliite feller sit down this place wlien my 

 fadder toe." 



The *' latlits" are conspicuous priucipally 

 for their liead gear ; glowing' in grease and retl 

 oehre, the ringlets of these " dark angels ' were 

 deooTate^ with opossum tails, Hii^ ^^tl^itie? <^ 



garoo ; some had the ^' Cambnn," (" Bohmihiae*' 

 of the Tumat country/) or fillet danhed with pipe- 

 clay bound round the forehead : this ornament 

 h SQSixetiixiss nxade fisoiifirtW stringy ba^rk trees, ^ 

 well as ledxKl tli« im^m&M tlie hmpxW^ ^% 

 lateral lines of pipe-clay ornamented the upper 

 part of tlieir faces, hreast, and arms. Both men 

 and women have raised cicatrices over the 



breast, arms, and back; tmt of 

 personal decorations are various. Th^ t&^axixAj 

 "Willi a degree of awe, a keyed hngle, with which 

 a p-entleman nniust'd himself at tliis [dace: they 

 called it the Cuhbowj (lanjc) 'w/ilatlc ; and were 

 more pleased with the slow airs played upon it, 

 than thoaed a H'f ely and qnwk mmmmJ^» 



On the evening of Christmas Day we ad- 

 j*mnied to the vcraiidali : tfie scene was heanti- 

 iul ; the heavy clouds, which had previously oh- 



