7 o SPENCER’S JOURNAL 
ungwaia ; fissurella, ungu\ a purplish coloured shell found 
on kelp and used for necklaces, ushpuka ;* another found on 
i kelp ( 5 ), narkaiwun(a). 
Windy day. Morning with George finding out names of, 
and applied by him to, Domingo’s family, &c. Afternoon 
mending map. 
One of Domingo’s boys brought in a whale-bone harpoon 
used for spearing seals, and found on beach just to south 
) of Douglas River. Characteristic of seal harpoons to have 
only one point. Fastened to shaft with tendon. A second 
tendon is tied on and attached to shaft half-way down, so that 
if harpoon becomes detached from shaft, it is still not lost 
(fig. io, no. 5). Shaft about 9 feet long. Natives have slings 
for throwing stones. 
Yaghan numbers: one, kanalyi (alii in Spanish); two, 
kumpeipi ; three, mata ; more than three, wulru . 
Sun, lum\ moon, hdmr\ smoke, ushku\ no name for yellow 
(colour of) label that stood out brilliantly on bright red 
brilliantine bottle; colour of red, lusch. 
Domingo’s family. George 1 2 calls Domingo imdna , mother’s 
brother (my imari)\ George calls old discarded wife tamai 
kippa , mother’s brother’s wife; and (2) young wife, daughter 
of number i, tamai kippa . Domingo has two wives, an old 
woman and her daughter. There seems to be nothing 
abnormal in this. The young woman is the only one left 
1 Ushpuka , probably Photinula 'violacea . Cf. shells in Pitt Rivers Museum 
labelled ‘ouchpouka*. 
2 From Miss Hamilton’s diary: ‘All morning the Professor worked with George 
in the old draughty shed, and seemed quite unaffected by the blinding smoke from 
the camp fire by which he sits for hours every morning on a piece of firewood, 
arranging and rearranging with meticulous care the small sticks and stones on the 
ground which he uses to represent to George the various tribal relationships and 
family groupings. Although he does not like the temperament of the latter, he 
shews the greatest patience with him, putting the sticks and stones away till to¬ 
morrow the moment he sees George’s brain becoming tired. To-morrow carefully 
checking again all the collected information.* 
