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THE ABORIGINES OF VICTORIA:
Numeral Adjectives.
| LAKE TYERS, GIPPSLAND. | LAKE HINDMARSH. | ||
| One | Koo-to-pau. | One | Ke-yap. |
| Two | Boolooman. | Two | Pullet. |
| Three | Boolooman batha Kootook. | Three | Pullet Ke-yap. |
| Four | Boolooman batha Boolung. | Four | Pullet-pullet. |
| &c., &c. | Five | Pullet-pullet Ke-yap. | |
I have compared the words in these tables with numerous vocabularies from other parts of Australia, and the coincidences are striking and instructive:—
| English. | Moreton Bay. | Victoria. |
| Eye | Millo | Mill (Barnawartha). |
| Blood | Kakke | Gooak (Upper Richardson). |
| Tongue | Tallain | Talline (Sandford). |
| English. | North side of Moreton Bay, thence towards Wide Bay and Burnet District. (Dippil.) | Victoria. |
| Stone | Kitta | Kutyap (Lake Hindmarsh). |
| Eye | Mi | Mai (Kulkyne). |
| Blood | Kuki | Gooak (Upper Richardson). Gurk (Lake Hindmarsh). Koorkook (Avoca). |
| Hair | Dhella | Yar-ra (Western Port). |
| Head | Kanr | Kowung (Western Port). |
| English. | Namol, Barwan, Bundarra, Balonne Rivers; Liverpool Plains, Upper Hunter. (Kamilaroi.) | Victoria. |
| Fire | Wi | Wee (Glenorchy, Hamilton, &c.). |
| Day | Yerada | Erah (Barnawartha). |
| Man | Giwar | Girree (Tangambalanga, Upper Murray). Wir (Mildura, Lower Murray). |
| Hand | Murra | Murrah (Upper Murray). |
| Eye | Mil | Mill (Barnawartha). |
| Tongue | Tully | Tuline (Warrnambool). Tyalle (Lake Hindmarsh). |
| English. | Bulloo Creek, North of Darling and Warrego | Victoria. |
| Sun | Tuni | Uuna (Warrnambool). |
| Moon | Kein | Yen (Wickliffe). |
| Day | Warroo | Woorun (Bushy Park, Gippsland, &c.). |
| Fire | Wu | Wee (Glenorchy, &c.). |
| Mouth | Mumnurrah | Worro (Balmoral). |
| Hand | Murra | Murrah (Tangambalanga). |
| Eye | Monoroo | Mirnoo (Tyntyndyer). |
| Tongue | Teeyir-tarlina | Tierah (Tangambalanga). Therlinya (Yelta). |
| Teeth | Tuyali, Durali | Lea (Glenorchy). Derra (Echuca). |
| Kangaroo | Koolar | Korror (Avoca). |
