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269. DARUDARUWORANI (Diari Tribe). To the many Darudam 

 birds. So named because, there, on Lake Gregory the Muramura, I'criwulana, 

 saw many of these birds. The Toa represents one of them. 



270. KIRRAWORDUWULANI (Diari Tribe). To the two short l)oom- 

 erang's (kirra). Here a man was once strangled ; when the pain of the strangu- 

 lation was over and he had become delirious, he stood up and threw a boom- 

 erang at a tree, thinking that it was a man, with such force that it broke at 

 the middle into two pieces. The Toa represents a boomerang. 



271. KIRRANI (Diari Tribe). To the boomerang. The knob of the 

 Toa re]>re.'-tnts a hill com]josed of red and whitish soil, from -which projects a 

 spur shaped like a boomerang ; on this are depressions (red circles). This spur 

 is said to have arisen from a boomerang which the female Muramura, Wata- 

 Ijajirani, (jnce threw here. 



171. NGUNAWARAPINI (Tirari Tribe). To the bent arm. The Toa 

 represents a part of the lower course of the River Cooper, which, there, nar- 

 rows into a deep channel and makes a sharp bend. On coming here, once, the 

 Muramura, Billipilpana, noticed the bend and gave it this name. The black 

 hands on each maigin denote deep parts of the river bed containing fresh 

 water, the white spots are gum trees, and the yellow streak at the angle 

 sigiiifies a sandhill. 



273. KIRRAKIRRAPRATJALANI (Diari Tribe). To the place where 

 e\eryone had a boomerang (kirra). So named because, here, all the attendants 

 of the Muramura, Dimpiwalakana, worked at making boomerangs. The Toa 

 represents this weapon. 



274. PIRRILANINANI (Diari Tribe). To the white patch. Pirrila, 

 meaning "one who has a white patch cin the forehead," was the naine of the 

 Muramura Darana's dog, which died on a sandhill. Hence the Toa rejjresents 

 a dog's head with a white streak on its forehead. 



17'-. KOKULAKULDRUNI. To the Kokula's back. So called because, 

 here, the Muramura, Patjalina, once saw a Kokula (a species of rat) with a 

 young one on its back. The white ground of the Toa represents a plain on 

 which a sandhill (red patch with yellow margin) is situated in such a way as 

 to give the a]?pearance of the young on the back of the Kokula. 



276. PALKURUNUNI (Diari Tribe). To the Palkurunu bush hollow. 

 White denotes the depression, and at the top are leaves of this plant, which the 

 Muramura. Mardalhuruna, found growing there. 



177. WODIKABAKANI (Wonkanguru Tribe). To the Wodika bushes. 

 Hie ']\)a represents one of these bushes with its crown chopped off. The 



