Stirling and Waite— Description of Toas 133: 



140. MULUMPIRINI (Yauraworka Tribe). To the Mulumpiri water- 

 bird. The Toa represents the head uf a bird which the Muramura, Kirla- 

 wilina, saw swimming on a lake, so he gave the same name to both bird and 

 lake. 



141. BILLITJILPINI (Diari Tribe.) To the knotted net. The Toa 

 represents a net stretched over a ring which is made of a bent root. At the 

 same time the ring denotes a waterhole, at one end of which are some trees 

 (red spots). The female Muramura, Wittimarkani, once made nets as she sat 

 at this place, and, in so doing, she discovered a new way of making them by 

 introducing a knot at each mesh, so that if torn the net would not come undone. 



142. NGARAKALINANI (Diari Tribe). To where they warmed them- 

 selves. The Toa represents a hill, the top of which is pointed, and the lower 

 part is constricted ; the red stripes are rows of small stones. Here the female 

 Muramura, Watapajiri, once stole fire from the two Muramuras, Putantara. 

 The wind was cold, and neither of the two latter had the firesticks wherewith 

 to make a fire, so they slept on the hill in one another's arms to keep themselves' 

 warm. 



143. NGANTITIDNAPIRINI (Diari Tribe). To the emu's tracks. The 

 top of the Toa represents the foot of this bird, and the white, below, a water- 

 hole. The two Muramuras, Wontaniarlirana and Katakuntjirina, once came 

 to this i)lace and observed the tracks of emus, which told them that these birds 

 came here to drink. Hiding behind bushes, the Muramuras killed the emus 

 and greatly relished their flesh. 



144. POTUWORDUNI (Diari Tribe). To the little things. Under the 

 name "little things" ( I'otuwurdu ) are included small articles such as stone 

 chisel heads, bone needles, pieces of sinew, etc., which are carried about in a 

 small wallet. The black \-ertical band rejiresents a low-lying flat on which 

 various kinds of bushes grow (yellow spots). Surrounding it are gum trees 

 (white sjjots). 



14.r PARUWALPANI (Diari Tribe). To the place covered with fish. 

 When the water in Lake Kirlawilpani became salt the fish died and were 

 thrown up on the shore by the waves. They were collected by the Muramura, 

 Pitikipana, for drying in the sun, and there were so many that the place was 

 covered with them ; hence the name and the form of the Toa. (The dried fish 

 are pounded into a meal by the nati\es and kept in this form for future us.e.) 



146. PUNKUTUNI (Diari Tribe). To the flax plain. The white head 

 represents a plain traversed by watercourses (red stripes), on which the Mura- 

 mura, Patjalina, once found many Punku bushes. At the top is a piece of the 

 flax prepared for spinning (punkutu). 



