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fellows, they could pitch their voice so that it could be 

 heard a longer distance than the speech of ordinary mortals. 

 They called out to their aged relative to come and see them, 

 and lie at once got up in surprise to find them gone. The 

 ordure was now silent and Giwa started off in the direction 

 whence the call had come. 



When the youths saw him coming, they had recourse to 

 their magical functions and caused the rock on which they 

 were standing to rise perpendicularly out of the ground 

 about twenty feet. They then called out " Look, grand- 

 father, what we have here," raising the emu into view. He 

 told them to throw it down to him, upon which they cut 

 off a slice from the fattest part of the body, and cast it to 

 Giwa. He caught it in his hands, but seeing it was mostly 

 fat, he threw it back to the lads. 



Tliis was a piece of artfulness on the part of the youths. 

 The flesh of the emu is forbidden to young people, who 

 cannot eat it till given to them by an old man. When 

 Giwa threw the portion of emu to the boys, they greased 

 their mouths with the fat, and ate the morsel of flesh which 

 was attached to it. They were now released from their 

 taboo, and could eat the animal which they had roasted. 



They now asked Giwa to go and cut a sapling to lean 

 against the rock, so that he could climb up and join them 

 in the feast. He accordingly estimated the length of the 

 pole lie would require, and went into the forest to get it. 

 While he was away the youths caused the rock to rise 

 some ten feet higher, consequently, when Giwa brought 

 his sapling it did not reach the top. The boys suggested 

 that he should go and find a longer pole, and in his absence 

 they again added to the height of the rock. Giwa went 

 away the third time to cut another pole, and succeeded on 

 this occasion, because the rock had not increased in height 

 during the interval. 



