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1. Two boys carrying spears. Atherton.

2. Two women fighting with sticks. (Lower) Palmer River. See Ph VIII, 7, 8.

3. Four boys walking in a row, holding each other's hands. Cape Grafton.

4. Two men walking down a valley. (Three and four people can thus be similarly represented) Cape Grafton, Cape Bedford.

5. Man climbing a tree. (The hands are raised to imitate the progress of the motion.) Cape Bedford. See P1. VIII, 8.

6. Kangaroo. Princess Charlotte Bay, Pennefather River. See Ph XII, 1.

7. Pouch: indicative of a kangaroo. Princess Charlotte Bay, Pennefather River.

8. Pouch: and so, a wallaby. (Lower) Tully River.

9. Strictly a spear (see Ph XII, 1.) but commonly a kangaroo speared. Cape Bedford.