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would march into the side nearest their own country and erect 

 their quarters. The men who had remained with the women at 

 the new camp would go over to the new mob of men and tell 

 them all the particulars of the Burbung, and the women of the 

 new tribe would also enter into conservation with the other 

 women. After awhile some of the men of the new mob would 

 perhaps wish to start out to the bush for the purpose of joining 

 the mob who had charge of the novices, and if they did not know 

 the country one or more of the other men would go out with 

 them. If the new men are well acquainted with the country, a 

 number of them might start into the bush from the small ring, in 

 the first instance, in the direction indicated by the pole, and let 

 their women and the rest of the men go on to the new camp as 

 just stated. In either case these men would join the people in 

 the bush as described at page 123. 



Ceremonies in the Bush. — When the boys have been shown all 

 the moombeera, they are conducted to the small ring, and march 

 once round it, and then a start is made for the bush. All the 

 men who go with them are painted black all over with powdered 

 charcoal as already stated. 



On the journey into the bush, the boys walk with their heads 

 down alongside of their guardians. By the way the endahmaran 

 play, for the amusement of the boys, is gone through. It consists 

 of a number of men climbing into the branches of a tree and 

 catching on with their legs, hang head downwards, in imitation 

 of flying foxes. The first night they form a camp in the bush 

 consisting of a yard in the shape of a horseshoe, made of boughs 

 or bark, with two tires in front of it, and beyond these a space 

 is cleared. They remain here about three nights, games being 

 played on the cleared space on the other side of the tire every 

 night. Bullroarers are occasionally sounded during the evenings 

 by one of the men. These games consist of imitating the 

 opossum — making a noise like that animal — the wombat, rooting 

 the ground and turning logs and sticks over — the bandicoot — 

 the wallaby. During the day the men go out hunting, the boys 

 remaining in the camp with their guardians. 



At this camp a small quantity of human excrement is given to 

 the boys, and occasionally they have to drink urine out of a 

 coolamin. If a boy wants to micturate the first night, he must 



