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STRING FIGURES

Roth's Plate II.—Mankind). Animals

1. Two boys carrying spears. Atherton.

2. Two women fighting with sticks. (Lower) Palmer River. See Ph VIII, 7, 8.

3. Four boys walking in a row, holding each other's hands. Cape Grafton.

4. Two men walking down a valley. (Three and four people can thus be similarly represented) Cape Grafton, Cape Bedford.

5. Man climbing a tree. (The hands are raised to imitate the progress of the motion.) Cape Bedford. See P1. VIII, 8.

6. Kangaroo. Princess Charlotte Bay, Pennefather River. See Ph XII, 1.

7. Pouch: indicative of a kangaroo. Princess Charlotte Bay, Pennefather River.

8. Pouch: and so, a wallaby. (Lower) Tully River.

9. Strictly a spear (see Ph XII, 1.) but commonly a kangaroo speared. Cape Bedford.