Aborigines of Van Diemen's Land, 1830-1840 - Page 107
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[Page 107]
"our attention. He conducted us to a number of large rocks some projecting a considerable distance over the gully below, and extremely difficult of access. Under one of these projecting rocks we found a species of cave where Mungo pointed out to a heap of flag stones, round which were placed in a very compact manner pieces of Gum bark, the whole appearing altogether as a small pyramide. This was a grave, and in the middle of it was deposited a spear, pointed to the depth of two feet, and the upper end of it pointed with a human bone. We found a number We opened the grave with our bayonets and found a number of human bones, and in doing so we met with several layers of flat stones, placed in such a manner that an English resurrection man would find it more difficult to open one those graves than