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NEW SOUTH WALES. 



Wandong is their evil spirit, whom they have learnt from the whites 

 to call the " Devil." They describe him as a gigantic black man, 

 always prowling about at night, ready to seize and devour any unfor- 

 tunate wanderer. So great is their horror of this imaginary being, 

 that they never venture from their fires at night, except under the 

 pressure of great necessity, when they always carry a firebrand to 

 intimidate the monster. 



FLIGHT OF THE BOOMERENG. 



