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knew that certain markings on a woman’s back betokened widowhood ; 
and when he showed me his magnificent set of photographs, on which he 
had spent many years of work, and said I might select what I pleased, I 
chose about a score of specimens illustrating markings on women. These 
accompany this paper. A few days afterwards an old blackfellow, “Ned,” 
Larrakeyah Tribe. (Photograph by Mr Foelsche.) 
called and brought me a message ; and while talking with him I dropped 
the collection of photographs on the ground, and he helped to pick them up. 
He could not conceal his great interest in the pictures showing the women 
with all their charms as he had known them in his young days ; and I 
rewarded him by exhibiting the photographs one after another, and he read 
off for me the significance of the marks, after this fashion : “ Three fella 
picanniny, one fella boy, two fella girl : four fella picanniny, two fella boy 
