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Fig. 56. 



In the second case, where a woman is concerned, the 

 ''stick" is so far similar; but, in addition, has a longer and 

 thinner internode passed through one of the other two, 

 fitting securely into it. See fig. 56. 



The messenger, dispatched by the tribe, fastens the stick 

 underneath his forehead-band by its loop, and hurries to the 

 party concerned. After it has been noticed by all present, he 

 hands it to him who should receive it. 



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Fig. 57. 



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Fig. 58. 



Other 'message-sticks" that are known, at least to the 

 Larrekii/as, Wogaits, and Berringins, serve principally for the 

 summons and invitations to initiation ceremonies. One form 

 (fig. 57), measuring from three to four feet in length, tapers 

 to a point at one end, while at the other it has a piece of 

 fur-string attached. The other (fig. 58), about eighteen inches 

 long, consists of two segments, the base of one being made 

 to fit into the other. They are both made from wood coated 

 with red ochre, upon which designs are painted in white, in 

 the patterns figured. 



The call to initiation ceremonies of the Wogaits is the 

 "dell" (or diya of the Bmringin) — a message-stick of bam- 

 boo, from four to five feet long, painted transversely with 

 alternate bands of red ochre, the glossy surface of the bam- 

 boo having been previously scraped in the parts that are 

 to take the paint. 



Silent Correspondence. 

 A conventional system of signalling and communicating 

 with one another, at distance, by gestures, is understood by all 

 the tribes. 



