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an excellent meal, being fat from feeding upon 

 the rich Bugong. So eager are these feathered 

 blacks or Arabuls after this food, that they attack 

 it even when it is preparing by the natives ; but 

 as the aborigines never consider any increase of 

 food a misfortune, they lay in wait for the Arabuls, 

 with waddies or clubs, kill them in great num- 

 bers, and use them as food. 



The Arabul is, I believe, not distinct from 

 the common crow found on the low lands, and 

 which is called " Gundagiar" or " Worgan" by 

 the natives : the distinction, according to native 

 report, is, that the "fat fellers," or those who 

 feed on the Bugong, are called Arabul, and 

 the " poor fellers, " or those who pick up what 

 they can get on the low lands, are designated by 

 the latter names. About February and March 

 the former visit the lowland, having become in 

 fine plump condition from their luxurious feed- 

 ing. The assemblage of so many different tribes 

 of natives at this season about the same range, 

 and for similar objects, causes frequent skir- 

 mishes to take place between them; and often- 

 times this particular place and season is appointed 

 to decide animosities by actual battles, and the 

 conquered party lose their supply of Bugong for 

 the season. 



The height of the Bugong mountain may be 



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