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AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES.
| Tachwirring | Eat ghost |
| Kuurpeen mumkilling | Live beside waterhole |
| Konngill | Doctor |
| Narrakebeen | No meaning |
| Luppertan tullineann | Speaker of native language |
| Dogs are generally named after their owners, and when the latter are addressed the dogs recognize the names, and wag their tails. Other names are — | |
| Wirng an | 'Ear mine' |
| Peechilakk | |
| Puunmirng | Name of swamp |
| Waameetch cheearmart | Swelled chest |
| Kæræreetch | |
| Howlæluya | Hallelujah |
| Karlo | Name of Barrukills dog |
| Puunmæn | Nme of swamp |
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