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L'Uipliii.siscd. In otlier parts ut' Ausli'alia, ;i dull, Iiciia y souinl is jnuducccl l>y 

 bLMtiny upon rullwl-up fur rugs, liut the Aruiita and Luritclia blacks do not 

 UKinufacturc any tiling like a rug. 



By way of trumpet there is a hollowed out piece of the stem of a tree 

 perhajw two of three feet in length and ornamented externally with red ochre 

 a.ntl bands of white gypsum and yellow ochre. This is blown through to increase 

 the volume of sound. 



The oidy other musical instrument which the Central Australian blacks use is 

 one, the native name of which is " Trora," which was given to me by Mr. Ijyrne at 

 Charlotte Waters. It has simply the foiin of two pieces of woo<l, each of which 

 is ab<nit si.v inches in length rouncUid oil' and tapering at either end. One, which 

 is souKJwhat the larger, being about four and a half inches in length and an inch 

 and a half in diameter, is held in the left hand and is struck at intervals by the 

 other liekl in the right hand. Tlu^ lattei' one may bi^ \aricd in form and some- 

 times has the tciminal part in tlu; shape of two ])rongs. JJeyonil these the 

 Central Australian blacks do not seem to have any nmsical instruments. They 

 have not conceived any idea even of a drum. 



Whilst we were busy at Tempo Downs the canu^l train, with Messrs. Winnecke 

 and Watt, had camped in the valley to the north of the Levi Range, and this 

 spell gave to the latter the opportunity of traversing and examining carefully the 

 series of ridges which form the range. Though not of any great height, still 

 their laigged nature and the steep faces make climbing somewhat tedious work. 

 Mr. Watt found that the Levi Range has been worn out of a gentle .synclincs ; on 

 both the north and south side is a bolil precipice from two to three hundi'ed feet 

 in height, below which the sides slope down for .some two hundred feet more at a 

 steep angle, covered with a talus of blocks of various sizes and (jvergrown with 

 thin scrul), above which the red escarpment stands out boldly. 



The main camp to the north of the range was by the side of Petermann 

 Creek where it sweeps round in a big curve lionmed in by a great amphitheati'c 

 of bold red clitl's. 



Following up the Petermann for some miles we came to the western termina- 

 tion of the Levi Range and turned southwards between the latter and the George 

 Gill Range. If it were not for this bi-eak, through which tlows Ti'ickett's Creek, 

 the George Gill and Levi Ranges wcnild be cc)ntinuous. After coming out from 

 this gap wii turned eastwai-ds a,nd skirted the southei'ii esca,rpment of the (Jeoi'ge 

 Gill Raiiiie. 



