. 918 - ‘THE ABORIGINES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
to the number of Boras he attends, until he becomes 
a full and accepted master of the craft.* In any case 
they are used as talismans, and are carried in the belt — 
for life. They are merely small ai of quartz crystals, 
but are so pt RET they must not be shown to the 
women. (See 15.) The Taba of Guinea use 
small stones as Betiahie, which they carry about their 
necks or under their armpits. These the priests sell 
after a formal consecration. The white colour is a sun- 
colour and is beneficent, as already shown ; hence the 
Hindus dedicated white ‘stones 6 Siva, the eternally 
blessed one. 
Under this head may I venture to quote the solemn 
and sacred words:—“TI will give him a white stone, 
in the stone a new name written which no man Se 
saving he that receiveth it.” 
(Ff) The initiated lad is next led to a camp at a distance; he is 
kept there for eight or ten days, receiving instruction a 
specially in songs and dances ; he also eats here, 
his confidence in divine protection is tested by hideous 
noises during the darkness of the night. sis te 
J) It is rather incidence that the 
(/) ; her singular as a co eo all 
must reside with his preceptor for some tim ae he 
has gained a thorough knowledge of the holy books; 
h a ee 
must through urifieat rites whiel fet 
pass throug certain P » fice ta the ot 
move the taint of original sin ; one o i 
off of the hair, and with this seems to correspon! Yeas 
knocking out of a front tooth practised by : 
our ares tribes. erywhere 
' 0" ""'Thé singing and the dancing are ev 
t ae of f nogro worship, and the dance is edhe vi 
reli 
Would that some one could gather togeter | et 
songs of our aboriginals as used in the Bora One 
native races become extinct! I believe i anythne 
_* Iam confirmed in this s view by a conversation which Ik 
day with a black of the Gringai tribe, who comes from ts 
He says that Boras are not often held now, bat it that two 
a eine. at which ie were cad scape some 
