Stirling and Waitk — Dkscription of Toas 147 



250. KURAMORLAWORANI. To the iirickly grass (Porcupine Grass ). 

 Details not known. 



231. TIRIPARANI (Diari Tribe). To where the revenge party rested. 

 To the top is affixed a pointed piece of blackened wood representing a spear- 

 head, and the white part, below, denotes a limestone plain where the Mura- 

 nir.rar, Yikaura, once rested with his warriors when he was setting forth to 

 kill the Muramura, Pitikajxina. 



252. WORLAKANI (Diari Tribe). To the big stones. So named 

 because here, on a plain, the Muramura, Patjalina, once found many large 

 .stones. 1 he white of the Tea represents the plain with two watercourses, 

 one showing red, and the other yellow, banks. A piece of stone is affixed. 



253. WARUWARUNI (Diari Tribe). To the place of white (warn) 

 bush. Here, in the scrul), the female Muramura, Ngattanimarumaru, once 

 found a kind of whitish bush. Gathering grass seed, she winnowed it with 

 this grass, a tuft of which is affixed to the Toa. The white head denotes 

 limestone soil. 



254. TIPAKALKUNI (Diari Tribe). To the rush plain. White repre- 

 sents a plain on which rushes grow, and a bunch of rush fibre is affixed. Name 

 of Muramura not known. 



255. TAPAYINKINIETJANI (Diari Tribe). To the "Giver of wounds." 

 Thus was called the female Muramura, Wariliwulani, who is believed to have 

 cojne out of the earth at this place. The head of the Toa represents a hill, 

 on whicii v>atercourses (black stripes i have I'cen washed out, and its white 

 top denotes the spot where the Muramura reached the surface. As she arose 

 she noticed that her body was covered with sores, and so she named the place. 



(When a man, at the present time, desires, by magic, to cause anvone to 

 become afflicted with sores, he sings an invocation to Wariliwulani. ) 



256. PAYAMARAPUNI (Diari Tribe). To the place of many birds. 

 The Toa represents a waterhole on which the Muramura, Yelkabalubaluna, 

 saw many birds, for which reason a bunch of feathers is affixed. 



257. Name and details not known. 



258 KAWOLKANGAPINI (Diari Tribe), To the crow's water. Here 

 the Muramura, Darana, saw many crows, for which reason some of the feathers 

 of this bird are "attached to the white knob, which denotes a small plain with 

 depressions (red spots) in which water collects. 



259. MURLAPARANI (Wonkarabana Tribe). To the place of the 

 Murlapara pigeon. The head of the Toa represents a plain on which the Mura- 



