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used to run, tlie white spnts iiulicatiiit^ hushfs and scrub. This is the largest 

 Tua in the enlicetinn, Iteing ii\er Cwv feet in length. 



2. PINGALPIRINI (Diari Tribe). T,, the place where much Pingal- 

 l)iri grass grows. This word means place of quarrel, i.e., a place where a hghl 

 against strangers uccurred. 'l"he fnrni of the Tua is said tu represent 

 that (it C'lioper's Creek at I'ingalpiri, this being narrow at one ])oint re]ire- 

 sented red, then widening out and contracting again. The lilack \'ertical 

 stripe near the toj) and the crescentic hgure below it represent washed out 

 water-hiiles. Below the latter the horse-shoe shaped patch with a wdiite 

 Imrder and centre is the nati\-e camping ground, which is near a larger water- 

 hnk' ( I'ingaliiiri ) delineated b_\- the black crescent with the hollciw side 

 directed downwards. Mere the ri\er l>ed cxi^ands as shown b\- the black 

 oval ring which encloses raised ground (yellnw). the white ring outside this 

 denoting water. The other black figures in the lower, narrowing part also 

 show washed out water-holes, and the small red spot in the lowermost black 

 stri])e means a heap of stones. The w hite, red, and yellow bands are indicative 

 of the white soil and red or _\ellow sand. The absence of dots on this Toa 

 means that no bushes are ])resent. 



,r JULTURANI (Tirari Tribe). Meaning "to the boggy ground," the 

 name, according to the legend, ha\ing been given l)y the female Muramura, 

 Katimarkara, who came here disguised as an emu so that she shcjuld not Ije 

 recognized b}' her two daughters whom she wished to observe in secret. 

 Accordingly the Toa bears the feathers of this bird. 



The red ground vl the Toa indicates a b(_iggv ri\-er-bed. the black patches 

 water-holes in its course, and the coloured areas projecting from each side 

 toward the centre line stand for high lumks which jut out and are partly o\-er- 

 grown with 1)ushes (yellow dots). These projections are margined with white 

 liecause their soil is of a chalk_\- character. The two trans\erse white lines 

 show ])aths by which the creek may be crossed, the double row of yellow dots 

 on the black stripes, which margin the white, being stones in the creek bed. 

 The patch of yellow at the top is the place where once, according to the legend, 

 the two daughters of Katimarkara camped and sought for fresh water in the 

 water-holes re])resented by the black patches. They dug here and there but 

 found at lirst only salt water. At last, rinding the water fresh they camjied 

 there, and the place is still a native camping ground. 



4. KATJARANI (Wonkanguru Tribe). To the Katjara plain. This 

 received its name from the .^lnramura, I'iriana, who is said to have found it 

 covered with a creeping plant like a cucumber, which provided him and his 

 servants with food. He named the plant Katjara and called the plain after it. 



