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 1. Welinyeri River Murray Black duck, and black snake with red belly. 2. Lathinyeri River Murray Black swan, teal, and black snake with grey belly. 3. Wunyakulde River Murray Black duck. 4. Piltinyeri North-eastern shore of Lake Alexandrina Leeches, catfish (native pomery). 5. Korowalle North shore of Lake Alexandrina Whip snake. 6. Karatinyeri Point Malcolm, entrance to Lake Albert Wild dog, light colour. 7. Rangulinyeri Lake Albert River Wild dog, dark colour. 8. Mungulinyeri Lake Albert Mountain duck (chocolate sheldrake). 9. Kanmerarorn McGrath’s Flat, on the Coorong Mullet called Kanmeri. 10. Ngrangatari Lacepede Bay Kangaroo rat. 11. Pankinyeri Lake Coorong Butter fish (native Kungulde). 12. Turarorn Mundoo Island, Lake Alexandrina A kind of coot called Turi. 13. Lungundi Sea-mouth of the River Murray, south side Tern, a small kind of gull. 14. Kaikalabinyeri Lake Albert, south shore Bull Ant; a kind of water weed called by natives Pinggi. 15. Kondolinyeri Penisnula on the north-west side of sea-mouth of the River Murray. Whale (native Kondarli). 16. Tanganarin Goolwa Pelican. 17. Raminyeri Encounter Bay Wattle Gum. 18. Punguratpular Milang Musk duck. The Narrinyeri had for their neighbours the Adelaide and Murundee blacks, called "Wakanuwan," and the Tatiara natives, a cannibal tribe, called "Merkani." The Narrinyeri formed a sort of confederacy, and however the different tribes might quarrel among themselves, they always presented a united front to the neighbouring natives. In 1849 I saw a battle where about 500 of the Narrinyeri met some 800 of the Wakanuwan, and it was very evident that if the conflict had not been stopped by the colonial authorities the Narrinyeri would have signally defeated their opponents. They bore a special enmity to the Merkani because these latter had a propensity for stealing fat people and eating them. If a man had a fat wife, he was always particularly careful not to leave her unprotected lest she might be seized by prowling cannibals.