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NETS AND BASKETS. 
fish ; a lenko, or small net for hanging round the 
neck, to put muscles, cray-fish, frogs, &c. in ; arocko, 
or large net bag, used by the women for carrying 
their worldly effects about with them ; the kaar-ge- 
rum, or net for the waistband ; the rad-ko, or fishing 
net, which is a regular seine for catching fish, about 
fifty or sixty feet in length, and varying in depth 
according to the place where it is to be used ; the 
emu or kangaroo not (nunko) is very strong, with 
meshes from five to six inches square ; it is made of 
cord as thick as a large quill, and its length is from 
a hundred to a hundred and thirty feet, and depth 
about five feet when set. The wallabie net is about 
thirty feet long, of strong cord, and when set about 
eighteen inches high. The size of the meshes of all 
the nets depends upon the game to be taken ; gene- 
rally they are small. Neat, and variously striped 
baskets and mats are made by the women of certain 
tribes, from rushes, or a broad-leaved description of 
grass. The kallater is a round basket, wide at the 
base, and tapering up\* ards ; its size varies. The 
poola-danooko is a very pretty looking, flat, oval 
basket, adapted for laying against the back. The 
poneed-ke is a large, flat, circular mat, worn over the 
back and shoulders, and when tied by a band round 
the waist affords a lodging for an infant. Large bags 
or wallets are also made of kangaroo skins, with the 
fur outside, and small ones of the skins of lesser 
animals with the fur inside. Skins are prepared for 
making cloaks by pegging them tight out upon the 
