. Across Australia . Fig. 251. ^ni--T-Wri( II, nil III. WARkAMIWi, \ TRIBE. assataj^ija^jjBja-JijjB. Fig. 252. .viii-\V(Hiii rrii III. ix ihirsm. view, TRIBE. lL It Fig. 255. smm-\\,„,u TEI I III, W \RK.\MrM, \ I klBE XVI LIFE IN THE WARRAMUNGA CAMP 381 very proud of his handiwork, in which he takes the deepestinterest, sparing no time or trouble to make it as good aspossible ; and this man was very unwilling to part with hispitchi because he evidently felt that it might reflect discreditupon him if it were not as perfect as he could make it. The hard-wo


. Across Australia . Fig. 251. ^ni--T-Wri( II, nil III. WARkAMIWi, \ TRIBE. assataj^ija^jjBja-JijjB. Fig. 252. .viii-\V(Hiii rrii III. ix ihirsm. view, TRIBE. lL It Fig. 255. smm-\\,„,u TEI I III, W \RK.\MrM, \ I klBE XVI LIFE IN THE WARRAMUNGA CAMP 381 very proud of his handiwork, in which he takes the deepestinterest, sparing no time or trouble to make it as good aspossible ; and this man was very unwilling to part with hispitchi because he evidently felt that it might reflect discreditupon him if it were not as perfect as he could make it. The hard-wood pitchis (Figs. 247-250) are reallymarvellous pieces of workmanship. They vary in size asmuch as the boat-shaped ones do, and are infinitely moredifficult to make than the latter. The hewing of a blockof wood, by means of a blunt stone axe, out of the trunkof a gum tree is no light task, and, when once this hasbeen accomplished, there follows the carving of, theblock to make the hollow trough. This has to be done,painfully and laboriously, flake by flake, and chip bychip, using only the curved edge of


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