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them away. His guardian then provides him with a bag, 

 dhulaiHJmunna, made of kangaroo skin, with a loop made 

 of string attached, so that it can be slung over the shoulder. 

 His head is freshly plastered with clay, and the painting 

 of his body is also renewed. 



The graduate passes the loop over one shoulder, letting 

 the clhulangmunna hang under his arm on the opposite side. 

 In this bag he carries excrement of dogs and other fllth. 

 He starts away at a sort of jog, shouting, and goes to a 

 camp in which is a girl who has been betrothed to him. 

 She steps forth and puts some stinking fish, maggotty flesh 

 or the like, into his bag. 



He passes on to another camp where a man or woman 

 will perhaps call out "Tyibbauga! fetch me some water." 

 He answers, " waho !" and taking the vessel offered to him, 

 scampers off to the creek or water-hole and brings back a 

 small quantity of water with dirt in it. The person refuses 

 this, and then the novice goes and brings good water. 

 Several different persons may make the same request, and 

 he similarly responded to. 



Some one will ask him for food and he offers them some 

 of the evil-smelling commodities out of his bag, or perhaps 

 he brings them a few bare bones. Or he may offer them 

 stones, leaves, or grass. An old man may want him to 

 bring some firewood. He goes and gets a small stick about 

 as thick as a man's finger and a foot or two long, which he 

 carries on his shoulder, pretending to groan under its great 

 weight and throws it on the fire. 



Some days he carries in his bag a live " sleepy lizard " 

 or a snake out of which the poison fangs have been taken 

 by means of a stick. In passing women and children sit- 

 ting down he casts the reptile in amongst them, which 

 scatters them hither and thither. He is not permitted, 

 however, to catch hold of a woman, or to interfere with 



