Aborigines of Van Diemen's Land, 1830-1840 - Page 92
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of surprise and and sometimes of satisfaction.
Mr Wilkinson
Genesis Chapter 1st
1. In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth.
2. And darkness was upon the face of the deep.
3. God said let there be light and there was light.
4. And God saw the light that it ws good, and God divided the light from darkness.
5. God said let the Earth bring forth grass, and it was so.
16. God made two great lights, the greater light to call the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, he made the stars also # insert 17.
17 21. God made great whales, and every living creature that moveth which the water brought forth abundantly.
25. And God made the Beast of the Earth, and he saw it was good.
26. And God said let us make Man in our own Image, after our own likeness.
27. And God created man in his own Image.
31. And God saw that every thing he had made, and behold it ws very good.
# 17. God set them in the firmament of Heaven to give light upon the Earth.
Translation
(By Wilkinson at Flinder's Island)
1. Trota, Godna, Pomale Heavena, Coantana.
2. Lewara, Crackne.
3. Godna Carne; Treletea, Treletea, crackne