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NEW SOUTH WALES. 



The above is thought by Mr. Drayton, not to be entirely native 

 music, but the following he has no doubt of; the words were given 

 as he heard them. 



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Mer - ry dunbar 



a - roa Merry 



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danbar a - roa 





man gar merry own dunbar run mun gar. 



The above, as well as those which follow, were obtained from a 

 native, who was on his way with the new song to his tribe. 



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bang abang abang abang abang abang abang abang a. 



We have seen that the combats, of which mention has been made, 

 are attended with little loss of life ; nor are their set battles bloody. 

 In all their contests they seem to act upon certain principles, well 

 established in their code of honour, and firmly adhered to. Ac- 

 cording to eye-witnesses of their battles, these are conducted with 

 system and regularity. On one occasion, the parties advanced 

 towards each other drawn up in three lines, with the women fol- 

 lowing in the rear, and when they had arrived within a few rods 

 of each other, they threw their boomerengs or curved sticks. These, 

 as they fell among their opponents, were picked up by the women, 

 and given to the warriors, who hurled them back to their original 

 owners, by whom they were again used. When these weapons 

 were lost or broken, they then had recourse to their spears, which 



