124 R..H. MATHEWS. 
The men who are at the heaps of earth change places, running 
from heap to heap, and while doing so are exhibiting rock crystals 
 (goonabillang) or other substances in their ‘mouths. They run 
after the men who are gathered round them, and the latter get 
behind the weearthooree and put their hands on his shoulders, 80 
that he cannot turn round and catch them. When these per- 
formers get tired, some of the old men belonging to the strange 
tribe go and take their turn standing at the heaps, and running 
after the men of their own tribe. When the men have had 
sufficient play, they go back in file along the track, clapping their 
hands, to the burbung, which they enter, and shout out the names 
of places, waterholes, totems, etc., as usual, after which they g® 
away to their camps. 
The young fellows whom I have called “Probationers,” 0 
distinguish them from the full men, go to the ngooloobul with the 
men of their own tribe, where each lays his large bough on the 
ground and sits down on it. When the men start for the ring; 
as described in the last paragraph, the probationers start direct © 
from the ngooloobul to the goombo, as they are not allowed to 
enter the ring except on the occasion of their arrival, as stated in 
a previous page. The boys who were initiated at the last Burbung 
have now an opportunity of looking at the image of Dhurramoolun 
—the yowan on the ground, the marked trees, and all the sur — . 
roundings, for they were not permitted to see any of these things 
at the time of their inauguration, the particulars of which will be 
described under the head of “ Taking away the Boys.” When 
the men have finished their performances at the goombo, the pro 
bationers proceed from there to the camp, while the men return 
by way of the ring, as already described. The probationers left 
their boughs at the ngooloobul ; and always when they assemble 
there with the men, they sit down upon the boughs. When they 
get too dry for use, they are replaced by fresh ones. 
That night, after the evening meal is over, the young men of = | 
the local tribe, or perhaps the young men of one of the other — ; 
tribes who have arrived previously, paint themselves, and dance a 
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