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he met the Brambambult brothers near what is now Jeparit, 

 and told them all about his adventure with the ngindyal. 

 They begged of the crow to come and show them the place, 

 and the three of them started off, but they had a long dis- 

 tance to go. The crow did not care to risk another meet- 

 ing with the ngindyal, so when he had gone part of the 

 way, he said to the Brambambults, " I'll stop here while 

 you two go on to where I have told you of." But the 

 brothers asked the crow to come on a little way farther. 

 They made this request, not because they wanted his assist- 

 ance, but because he was helping them to carry their large 

 load of weapons. 



The three travelled on again, and presently the Bram- 

 bambults saw in the distance what they thought was a 

 bright star shining. The crow said "That is her eye; she 

 is there, sitting on her nest." The Brambambults left the 

 crow there and advanced on the foe. The younger brother 

 went round to the farther side, when the ngindyal spied 

 him and got up to have a better view. By this time the 

 elder brother was quite close and hurled a spear, which 

 caught the ngindyal in the breast. She immediately turned 

 round and rushed at him, which gave the younger brother 

 an opportunity of throwing a spear, which wounded the 

 ngindyal in the body. She then bestowed her attention 

 upon the junior assailant which allowed the elder brother 

 a chance to cast another spear. 



They kept throwing spears alternately until the ngindyal 

 was considerably subdued by pain and loss of blood, and 

 then drove her before them towards what is now called 

 Horsham Plain. When wity-gurk, the lark, saw the ngin- 

 dyal coming, pursued by the Brambambults, he came out, 

 carrying a bough in front of him, to hide himself from 

 observation. When he reached within range, he cast a 

 spear with all his force, which struck the ngindyal in the 



