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7 p.m., and when the morning star rose, just before the 

 false dawn. Each ceremony was conducted by a different 

 [bu :nari] or master of ceremonies — in Eucla by [ku :lea'gara], 

 who brought it from some point south-east from Kalgoorlie ; 

 the second was in the West Coast district, the Pbu :n9ri] of the 

 second being the learner at the Eucla performance. Each 

 of these men had the [kalaia] (emu) as their totem, the 

 [wandjiwandji] being an ''emu totem" ceremony. The totemic 

 portion of the ceremony was strictly confined to the men, but at 

 every portion or phase I was present. Unfortunately I was 

 unable to get to the district where the [mu:lur/ga] was per- 

 formed, and so cannot compare it with Dr. Roth's account. 

 The two performances of the [wandjiwandji] showed clearly 

 the remarkably retentive memory of the learners, the songs 

 in both cases were exact in every detail, also the tunes and 

 actions of the performers. 



