EXPLANATION OF PLATE LIII. 



Fig. 1. The screen separating the broad from the narrow paths of the 



rau-rar in the alkir or fifth initiation ceremony of the Kokowarra 



Blacks, at Princess Charlotte Bay. 

 I •_'. The two Amboida, the two main performers of the alkar or fifth 



initiation ceremon 3 of the Kokowarra Blacks at Princess Charlotte 



Bay, kneeling with faces uncovered. 

 Fig. 3. The same standing with the faces covered. 

 Fig. 1. The "orchestra," behind the screen seen in fig. 1, with the three 



crows or " dressers" standing on the left hand. 



