374 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



badatega, clana duyu mandendi. Nganiu iiangu iiulu kana 



finished, they corpse fetch. Mother his she first 



uima-we garnbarnbar ungga-dir-go. Gura kanal, diruggur, 



grave-in jumps cry- with. And elder-sister, younger-sister, 



yumur, babbi, gammi, bemor, 



son (daughter), father's mother, father's father, fathersyounger, sister 

 dana duyu wogur-gur budo ungga-dirgo. Duyu yitarnu-ngo 

 they corpse follow indeed crying-with. Corpse to putin-inorderto 

 garko ngamu nangu dawil wakur kadanu. Gura nula 

 by-and-bye mother his tlie}' call outside to come. And she 

 wakur kadaiga, dana nima-we yitar bodu-n baitcha, 

 outside having come, they (him) grave-in put, bark-with cover, 

 gura bobo-n kobarbil. Bama dana duyu kobarbil, gura dana 

 and soil-with bury. Men they corpse bury, and those 



ngando-ngai duyu danaigo woguren, dana nawaigo nima-we 

 women corpse before followed, the}'^ just-there grave-at 

 ungga batcheltchil-budo. Duyu kana kobarbi-ga, garko 

 a-weeping cry indeed. Corpse once buried, then 



ngando-ngai )nundal kadara nima-we ungga batchinu-ngo. Gura 

 women some come grave-to a cry to cr3\ And 



dana nanggor nawaigo nima-we-go dagalgaya mundal 

 tliey camp just-there grave-at-just build some (coming) 



naka-nun, mundal goarlnggar, mundal diliar-nun mundal 

 east-from, some west-in, some southfi'om, some 



gunggar-nun. Dana wabalego nanggor dagalgaya gulboigo : 

 north-from. They wide-spread camp build together :. 



duyu garbar-enggo(w)unana. Dana wudur nobungo barbega, 

 corpse middle-in rests. The}" night one having-slept,. 



ngando nulu ungga-dirgo kadara, gura dirainggur-be 

 the woman she a crying-with comes, and old-men-to 



kambogo walli (w)umalma nangu kundanu-ngo, dana nangu 



head roundabout gives it to strike-for to, they her 



galmba kundandal. Gura milbiren. Ngando garnbi-bud-ongo 

 too strike. Also wommera-with. Woman blood-much-very 



dodi na,ngu-go ngalba gariibi. Gura dana ngando-ngai 

 bodv her-own all blood And they the women 



ngalan-be gumbin burlnggar wogur-gur duyungu. Namodir 

 dav-during string mourning-string plait the dead-for. Tliis 



badatega, garko gumbin-ngai gamai-ngu-nda durng-galng-gal, 



finished, then strings cla3'-with smear, 



garko manu-we goma yirngahigal gura gamur godera-uie 



then neck-on together wind-round and ann-pit two-under 

 yitar, burnga galmba wambirdamal kambogo-we yitarnu-ngo. 



put, dilly-l)ag also tear up head-on to put-for. 



