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A specimen of the Language of the Aborigines of different parts of the shores of Terra Australis including Van Diemans Land. ------------------ Macquarie Harbour V.D. Island Parts of the Body
The Eyes Nam-muruck Nose Meo-une Ears Gruse-reek Hair of the head Pipe Bifife ? beard. Rum Teeth Mim Neck. Treek- Langanee Arms. Yor - a -migh Fingers Wy-marmack Elbow Nam-merick Nipple Nerri-woek Nave. Wry-tune Knee None Toes Peune -nails Wandit
Trees and Shrubs Banksia Australis Leve-lack Correa rufa Nur Mesembryanthemum oginlaterate Nurick Morotora lineate ? Languan Melaleuca Teatree Rowne Aenaea sophine ? whose pods are eaten by the natives when roasted. Gur-weer A tree Wy-ruin A stone. Tallop A kangaroo. Raguor skin. Lan-murnock Any vessels to carry water, & hence the glass bottles we gave them are called Moke Fire Lope Yes Wa-ack or Wack Come here. Argar, argar ! ____________________________________________________ King George's Sound on the Sth Coast Lat. 35. Long. 118. -
Scars of the body Na - am - burr Firewood Go-gorn A spear Nam-berr or Page -ro A knife(of quartz) Tazah Rope Re-ar-bare-go Wood (plank) Yan-da-ri Lips Tar Throat Wurt Thighs Dton-al Knee Womat
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