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River Darling southward to Yelta—southward to the heads of the Wimmera, southward to the heads of the Glenelg, and westward to Colac. Speculations of this kind are, however, at present of little value, and yet not altogether worthless if they set one to examine evidence more closely. There were once several separate peoples in Gippsland, differing much in appearance; and it is possible, nay probable, that some part of Gippsland was peopled from the stream that flowed southward and westward along the banks of the Goulburn, and thence across the Dividing Range, or southward from the Murray along the banks of the Ovens or the Kiewa.

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Pronouns.

LAKE TYERS, GIPPSLAND.
First person.
Singular.				Plural.
Nom.	Ngio	I.		Werna	we.
Poss.	Ngetal	mine.		Nindethana	ours.
Objec.	Ngio	me.		Werna	us.
Second person.
Nom.	Mangee	thou.		Gnowo	ye or you.
Poss.	Koothoula	thine.		Ngingal	yours.
Objec.	Nungoo	thee.			you.
Third person.
Nom.	Jilly	he.		Mandha	they.
Poss.	Nungal	his.		Thanal	theirs.
Objec.	Noonga	him.			them.

No prououns—Feminiue geuder. No pronouus—Neuter gender.
My	Ngetal	Who	Nan (also expresses "what").
Thy	Ngingal.	Which	Wunman.
His	Ngungal.	What	Nanma.
Her	[no feminine.]	That	Ketchoon.
Our	Nindi Thanal.
Your	Ngwana Thanal.

The Rev. Mr. Bulmer adds, in a recent communication, the following:—Murray— I, Natoa; you, Nindoa. Gippsland—I, Ngio; you, Nindo. Maneroo—I, Ngiimba; you, Nindege.

LAKE HINDMARSH.
Singular.		Plural.
Ngan	I.	Ngo	we.
Ngeck	mine, my.	Ngan-dack	ours.
Ngär-rin	me.	Ngan-dank	us.
Ngar	you, thou.	Ngat	you.
Ngin	yours, thine.	Ngo-dack	yours.
Ngan-nung	you, thee.	Din	you.
Ngait	he, she, it.	Ngatts	they.
Nguck	his, hers, its.	Ngeän-nack	theirs.
Ngun	him, her, it.	Ngin	them.
Who, Win-yar; which, Win-ya-tuck; what, Ngan.