66 THE ABORIGINES OF THE LOWER MURRAY, LOWER | 
expressly for display before the ‘ whitefellow,” but those only 
i ormed by them in their savage state and purely for 
their own special edification, when seen thus for the first time, 
the performance is without doubt a very novel one. 
On m ome from a distant out station on one occasion 
(1 was obliged to travel long after dark) 1 heard the sounds of a 
corroborie, coming from the direction of a lagoon whic we 
well; this lagoon was about a quarter of a mile from the track 
which I was following, and in the middle of a reed-bed. As I was 
my horse to a tree and followed the path through the reeds. I 
did not make much noise in my progress, as it scarcely would 
have been safe for me in those old days, had my presence as an 
uninvited spectator been suspected. 
rmed my way through the long reeds to their very edge, when 
matte 
portion of t formance) gave a few spasmodic thuds 
the *mullangie (opossum skin drum) by way of calling 
the performers nt; thereupon a_ hoa ded 
. gie—This primitive inst t is formed by merely folding a cloak 
yeh up into a bunch, it is beaten by the open pals and veer pace 
Birrawarie, tin , are made of two sections of wood 10 inches 
and 2 inches in diameter, hardened by fire ; they are held one in each 
and when struck together give forth a sharp metallic ringing sound. 
