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ago. This hole sloped inwards, and there was red ochre on 

 its sides. Kubbiir in the native word for red ochre, and 

 has been corrupted to Oobar by the white people. The old 

 aborigines told me that before the copper mines were 

 worked, there were footmarks, boomerangs, bullroarers, 

 and other delineations on the rocks. The ore of copper 

 visible on the surface was believed to be Baiame's excre- 

 ment deposited during his residence in the cave. 



It is related that Baiame started from Oobar after a wild 

 bee, on the feet of which he had put bird's down. He 

 followed the insect all the way to a large rock at Witta- 

 guna, in a cleft of which was the honey comb, which Baiame 

 succeeded in securing. There is still a bee's nest in that 

 rock, but ordinary mortals cannot reach far enough into 

 the crack to get at the honey. 



Baiame then went away northwards and formed a camp 

 in the solitudes of a forest. All the large trees lean 

 towards the camp from all surrounding points, 1 but the 

 small shrubs and berry-bearing trees grow straight up. 

 Hanging from the branches of the larger trees are bull- 

 roarers which are always sounding. [Wongaibon and 

 Wirraidyurri Tribe.] 



Dhurramulan. — Dhurramulan was a sort of half brother 

 or near relative of Baiame's. His name is made up from 

 dhurru, thigh, and mulan, one side, the whole name mean- 

 ing leg-on-one-side, as he is said to possess one leg only. 

 He is also called ngullagelung, from ngulla, a tree, because 

 he lives in the trees. He had a voice like the rumbling of 

 distant thunder. It fell to his lot to separate the youths 

 from their mothers and teach them the Burbling ceremonies. 

 Dhurramulan had a fire or oven in the bush, in the bottom 



1 Compare with my " Journey to Kurrilwan," the fabled home of Baiame 

 among the Kamilaroi tribes. Folklore of the Australian Aborigines, 

 (Sydney, 1899) pp. 15 - 19. 



