. Across Australia . 1-lg. 169. -M \X (il- TIIF. K \ITIMI TRIIIE. Showing tliL- curly nature of the hair. ^ ;-MmJr =• ^ Fig. 16S. i-;iiii:i;iv WiiMw, 1 i-A 1,. IN-\\ II; 11; XIII KAITISH AND UNMATJERA TRIBES 325 in the north, a distance of approximately six hundred andseventy miles. When questioning TunguUa, the old Kaitish man, weused to have one of our boys to assist us. TunguUahimself knew a good deal of the Arunta dialect and Jim,or Erlikilliaka, to give him his native name, knew a gooddeal of Kaitish. Our boy was immensely proud to helpus, and as he noticed that we always took
. Across Australia . 1-lg. 169. -M \X (il- TIIF. K \ITIMI TRIIIE. Showing tliL- curly nature of the hair. ^ ;-MmJr =• ^ Fig. 16S. i-;iiii:i;iv WiiMw, 1 i-A 1,. IN-\\ II; 11; XIII KAITISH AND UNMATJERA TRIBES 325 in the north, a distance of approximately six hundred andseventy miles. When questioning TunguUa, the old Kaitish man, weused to have one of our boys to assist us. TunguUahimself knew a good deal of the Arunta dialect and Jim,or Erlikilliaka, to give him his native name, knew a gooddeal of Kaitish. Our boy was immensely proud to helpus, and as he noticed that we always took notes,evidently thought that it was the proper thing for him todo so too. Though he could not write a word, he alwayshad a pencil and paper on which he made marks thatmuch impressed TunguUa. His notes consisted ofhieroglyphics such as the following, which, apart fromthe numbers that we have added, is an exact copy of oneof them :— 8 7 6 5 4 3 1 Pi—D—D—D—n—D—O I represents a waterhole where a man, 2, came intoexistence in the Alcheringa: 3 is a big tree which rose tomark the spot close to the waterhole: one day the manwalked away to spot 3 and
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