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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.
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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 !
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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