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away towards the miyur of its clan. The muruk of the 

 slayer also comes to look at the corpse. The old men see 

 him approaching stealthily, and after looking at the body 

 he retraces his steps and disappears in the direction of his 

 own hunting grounds. Having ascertained by this means 

 whom to retaliate upon, they patiently wait for an oppor- 

 tunity to avenge their comrade's death. See "Pirrimbir" 

 expedition in this treatise, ante. 



Among the natives at Byrock, New South Wales, when 

 anyone is dangerously ill, the old wizards proceed a little 

 distance from the camp towards the setting sun and go 

 through some incantations for the purpose of inviting the 

 spirits of the sick person's friends to come and see him. 

 One old man lies down on the ground and the others form 

 a circle around him several yards distant, so that they can 

 chase the spirits toward the man on the ground. The 

 object of the ceremony is to intercept the shade or war- 

 rfmgnn of tiie invalid when it is trying to run away towards 

 the west. If the old man succeed in capturing the spirit 

 in some green leaves which he holds in his hand, and take 

 it to the sick man, he will recover; if he fail to catch the 

 spirit, the patient will die. The spirit is called warrungun. 



The Kamilaroi people say that after death, their spirits 

 or internal parts, called Gundhaddyiba, go away up the 

 Barwon River and live under the mountains at the sources 

 of that stream. 



On the Upper Lachlan River, flying foxes were supposed 

 to be clever fellows who, in the days of long ago, used to 

 travel about spying out the location of their enemies. 

 They could make themselves small and hang on the branches 

 of trees, so that any one who saw them would think they 

 were only loose pieces of bark. Upon becoming flying foxes 

 they continued their old method of camping. 



