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Rh River Darling southward to Yelta—southward to the heads of the Wimmera, southward to the heads of the Glenelg, and westward to Colac. Speculations of this kind are, however, at present of little value, and yet not altogether worthless if they set one to examine evidence more closely. There were once several separate peoples in Gippsland, differing much in appearance; and it is possible, nay probable, that some part of Gippsland was peopled from the stream that flowed southward and westward along the banks of the Goulburn, and thence across the Dividing Range, or southward from the Murray along the banks of the Ovens or the Kiewa.

The Rev. Mr. Bulmer adds, in a recent communication, the following:—Murray— I, Natoa; you, Nindoa. Gippsland—I, Ngio; you, Nindo. Maneroo—I, Ngiimba; you, Nindege.