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 CONTENTS. xi CHAPTER XI. PAGE Kangaroos — How Caught and Eaten— Their Skins— The Aboriginal's Won- derful Tracking Powers — Wallaby, Kangaroo Rat, Paddymelon, and Bandicoot — 'Possum — 'Possum Rugs — Native Bear — Squirrel — Hunting on Bowen Terrace — Glass House Mountain — Native Cat and Dog — Flying Fox. 84

CHAPTER XII. Emus — Scrub Turkeys — Swans — Ducks — Cockatoos and Parrots — Quail — Root and Other Plant Food — How it was Prepared — Meals— Water — Fire — How obtained — Signs and Signals. 90

CHAPTER XIII. Canoe-making — Rafts of Dead Sticks — How Huts were Made — Weapon Making — Boomerangs — Spears— Waddies — Yam Sticks — Shields — Stone Implements — Vessels — Dilly-Bags — String. 97

CHAPTER XIV. Games — "Murun Murun"— "Purru Purru" — "Murri Murri " — "Birbun Birbun" — Skipping — "Cat's Cradle" — "Marutchi " — Turtle Hunting as a Game— Swimming and Diving— Mimics — "Tambil Tambil." 109

CHAPTER XV. Aboriginal Characteristics — Hearing — Smelling — Seeing — Eating Powers — Noisy Creatures — Cowards — Property — Sex and Clan "Totems" — "The Last of His Tribe." 115

CHAPTER XVI. Folk Lore— The Cockatoo's Nest— A Strange Fish — A Love Story — The Old-woman Ghost — The Clever Mother Spider— A Brave Little Brother — The Snake's Journey — The Marutchi and Bugawan — The Bittern's Idea of a Joke — A Faithful Bride — The Dog and the Kangaroo — The Cause of the Bar in South Passage. 120

CHAPTER XVII. Dutamboi — His Return to Brisbane — Amusing the Squatters — His Subsequent Great Objection to Interviews — Mr. Oscar Friström's Painting — Duram- boi Making Money — Marks on His Body — Rev. W. Ridley — A Trip to Enoggera for Information — Explorer Leichhardt — An Incident at York's Hollow — An Inquiry Held. 137