aa THE ABORIGINES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
who bewitched him, who took away his life; why he departed, 
was it because he was dissatisfied, and soon. They believe that souls 
pass into other bodies, but that the deceased still lives in anot 
state, and therefore they inter with him most of his effects and 
_ valuable presents from his friends. They believe also that the 
wizards by their incantations can raise the dead man, and make 
him hunt and fish and work as a slave for them ; therefore, they 
erect at the burying ground a wooden image of the god who 1s 
guardian of their dead ; thus the wizards are foiled. he 
meaning of the carvings on the trees and *the red sticks at the 
graves of our aboriginals ? 
acts and taking revenge on all living creatures. Hence, als, 
old, among various nations, savage and civilized, funeral 
renewed at various intervals, for it was by these that 
gradually attained to the possession of a real body capable of em 
joying its new life. (a 
To illustrate the funeral arrangements of the Gringal tribe, 
ahs already 
w an old pee oa 
ging the grave ; this was a most laborious task, for the grot™ form 
very hard, and the only tool he used was a tomahaw. 
of the grave was oval, and the depth when : aeilll 
There were about a dozen or more of blacks squatting psi ‘prothers 
around, and amongst them the father, mother, and sev! the 
of the deceased. The parents were howling yeas 
deus voice resembling the three sounds a—— @ "This 
welt upon ; the female’s more treble, like ¢—— 0%) assed 
noise they kept up without intermission. The body opie 
up in as small compass as possible and wrapped in Tugs" 
gave full agin ent 
grief and affection. The digging being finished, the SO" kine 
to some of the youngest and freshest-looking trees, * «4 them 
off the small leafy branches, proceeded to line the Seconded to BY 
When this was done, the brother of the deceased di . 
