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ANTHROPOLOGICAL NOTES, 
these tattoo scars which were from an inch and a half to two inches 
long as a rule. It took some time to make the whole series of 
them, as they allowed those made first to heal before they started 
others. In this way first the back and then the chest and arms 
were operated upon in rotation. The women were also tattooed 
on the chest and arms, but not to such an extent as the men. 
The marks were supposed to indicate their family descent as well 
as tribal connection. 
Both the men and the women had the septum of the nose 
pierced to carry a piece of polished kangaroo bone. A woman 
considered herself looking her best when she had about six or 
eight inches of bone pushed through her nose. The reason for 
this habit was that, in addition to its being considered ornamental, 
when they returned on earth again after death, either as a swan, 
duck or fish, etc., they would then have a hole ready made for the 
purpose of breathing. 
A few Notes on the Monaro Tribe of Aborigines, with a 
Description of some of their Stone Implements. 
The once numerous tribe inhabiting the Monaro District, com- 
prising the south-western highlands and tablelands of New South 
Wales, is now almost extinct. The last typical specimen is 
incarcerated in Goulburn gaol for killing his gin a little more than 
two years ago, and besides him I believe only another fullblood 
(young and civilised) native of the tribe exists, who is at present 
living near Buckley's Crossing. The only one of them I ever saw 
was " Bonny Jack," the " King " of Monaro, whom 1 met five 
years ago. He was a short, rather broad shouldered man with an 
open countenance and a merry disposition. At the time of our ' 
meeting he had not long buried his gin, " Polly,"* and intended 
to go across the border, if I remember right, with the intention of 
* From a correspondent I hear that he " interred " her in a hollow tree 
by the side of Spring Creek Lake, not far from Berridale. He deri ved some 
consolation, or pretented to do so, from the belief that his Polly would 
" jump up white lady by and by." 
