. Across Australia . Iii;. 242. li KS WITH rilK .SKINI. IIKAh^ ^LKKorMiEll BY A l;i;\T UITHV,Ml!X(.A ikii;k WAkk A-. Fii; 24;, INK KMFK Wnil ITS SHEATH. XVI LIFE IN THE WARRAMUNGA CAMP 379 the stone is replaced by glass or by a portion of a brokentelegraph insulator, decidedly to the detriment of the , whisky, square-gin and the blue glass of EnosFruit Salt bottles are all utilised for the purpose, andthe nature of the glass readily shows its source of origin. We were continually astonished at the regularity of formshown by many of the wooden bowls and troughs, and itwas a constant so
. Across Australia . Iii;. 242. li KS WITH rilK .SKINI. IIKAh^ ^LKKorMiEll BY A l;i;\T UITHV,Ml!X(.A ikii;k WAkk A-. Fii; 24;, INK KMFK Wnil ITS SHEATH. XVI LIFE IN THE WARRAMUNGA CAMP 379 the stone is replaced by glass or by a portion of a brokentelegraph insulator, decidedly to the detriment of the , whisky, square-gin and the blue glass of EnosFruit Salt bottles are all utilised for the purpose, andthe nature of the glass readily shows its source of origin. We were continually astonished at the regularity of formshown by many of the wooden bowls and troughs, and itwas a constant source of wonder to us how the nativescould make them with such crude stone implements. Sofar as material is concerned, these bowls, or pitchis as thenatives call them, fall into three groups : one manufacturedfrom the bark of a gum tree, a second from the soft woodof the bean tree, and a third from the solid, hard wood ofthe gum tree. The bark pitchi is only a roughly fashionedtrough, the shape of which depends upon that of thetrunk of the tree from which it has been cut (Fig. 213).It is always shallow and widel
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