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TANNA 
Thunder— carroorawa 
Lightning — lomo'ophil 
Moon — mokwa 
Sun— mary 
Stars — cum'mahow 
Ground — tenna 
Rock — cab'beeil 
Fire — naup 
Trees — mayee 
Fish — nahmoo 
Coral — bish'eea 
Sky — neei 
Clouds — nap'owa 
ISLAND (PACIFIC). 
Water — nooi 
Mountains — dag'gooil 
Pigeons — man'oo 
Eivers — Dokwotenna 
Man — yerraamma 
Woman — perran' 
Boy — yoganow'ee 
Grirl — prenowee 
Old man — yengala 
Old woman — branheema 
Wind — matang' ' 
Hain — neershan' 
Volcano — lummahook. 
THE HEEBEETON LAKES. 
On the tablelands o£ the Upper Barron, at an altitude of 2,300 
feet, are two large freshwater lakes. One of these lies about three 
miles from Boar Pocket, on the Cairns-Herberton road, and the same 
distance to the south of that road. The blacks call this lake " Teet- 
cham," and the one seven or eight miles beyond, to the south-west, 
they call " Boonoobagolomee." My visit to Lake Teetcham was 
during heavy rain, and I remained there just long enough to examine 
the position, and no more. This lake is about a mile and a-half long, 
by a mile across. It is surrounded by a circular ridge about a 
hundred and fifty feet above the water, and covered by dense scrub. 
On arriving at the top of this ridge and looking towards the lake, 
you appear to be gazing at the inverted sky, the impression being 
that of having arrived at the edge of some colossal precipice, with the 
blue empyrean stretching far down into bottomless vacuity. Descend' 
ing the steep side of the ridge we arrived on the shore of the lake, a 
magnificent expanse of beautifully calm clear water, like an immense 
mirror, edged by the splendid border of rich dark-green tropical 
vegetation, where the " trees sloped downwards to the brink and 
stood with their green faces fixed upon the flood." 
Over all there hung a silence that was op)pressive. No fish 
rippled the glassy surface, no bird plumed his ruffled wings or called 
his mate from out the shore recesses. There was not a sign of bird or 
beast, save an animal like a huge iguana that swam out from the 
edge, gazed at us a few seconds, and vanished. 
Apparently a perfect paradise for wild fowl, there was not a 
feather to be seeu from shore to shore. There may be some marine 
fish or animal there fatal to bird life. A surveyor who was camped 
by the side of "Boonoobagolomee" told me that he could hear at 
night a ripple on the beach and the wash of a wave made by some 
large animal, probably a fish, as there were no shore marks to indicate 
the presence of an amphibian. 
It is more than likely those lakes will yet reveal forms of life 
intensely interesting to science. Their inhabitants are so far totally 
unknown. Around Yeetcham is a perfectly watered country of rich 
soil covered by dense scrub broken here and there by open " pockets" 
and low forest ridges. The climate is not surpassed in Australia for 
its equable temperature and pure salubrious atmosphere. With villas 
and gardens round the shores, this lake would form one of the loveliest 
