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in the district since he was a boy, told me there were formerly 

 numerous trees marked, but most of them have been burnt down 

 by bush fires. He says he has known this Bora ground for more 

 than thirty years, and that several Boras have been held there. 



Mr. J. A. Glass told me that after the Bora which was held on 

 the Eurie Eurie run, referred to at p. 103 of this paper, he 

 frequently saw the Bora ground and took a good deal of notice of 

 it. In answer to my enquiries he told me there were two circles 

 cleared of timber, and enclosed by a narrow wall of loose earth 

 about nine inches or a foot high. The larger circle was situated 

 in some moderately open country about half a mile from the 

 Barwon River ; and in a belar scrub about a quarter of a mile 

 south-westerly from this was a smaller circle, where the secret 

 ceremonies were performed, with a track connecting them. This 

 track was not straight, but was bent something in the way shown 

 in Plate 4, fig. 3, following some high ground between the river 

 and a watercourse. About half-way along this track, on each 

 side of it there were delineated on the ground a few figures of 

 men, iguanas, dogs, &c, and also some markings on trees. About 

 three hundred yards southerly from the small circle, there was a 

 gigantic figure of an iguana, about twenty feet long, composed of 

 pieces of bark covered with earth, its head pointing towards the 

 smaller circle. 



1 would also like to draw attention to the statements of some 

 writers, which would lead us to suppose that Bora grounds were 

 always formed on the tops of hills or mountains, Sadleir, at p. 12 

 of his Australian Aborigines, speaks of having seen such places on 

 the " tops of hills"; and Dr. Fraser in his pamphlet before quoted 

 speaks of having seen one on a " mountain spur"; and he says, 

 "as usual the path from the lower to the sacred circle leads up hill." 



The Bora referred to by Collins took place where the Botanical 

 Gardens are now situated. Henderson says, the Bora ground 

 he visited was in "a valley," and the sacred circle in which the 

 tooth was knocked out, was at the lower end of it. Ridley 

 describes a Bora ground which was situated in a " pleasant glen."" 



