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outside the ring keep up a shout. During this din the guardians 
step forward, and take the novices by the arm and lead them 
noiselessly away along the dharambil or pathway. As each novice 
rises to his feet, the dhallaboolga or tail which is held in his 
mother’s hand separates from his girdle, and is kept by her for 
the present. 
During the clamour produced at the ring while the novices are 
being taken away, some of the men pick up a few articles belong- 
ing to the women, such as dilly bags, yam sticks, or the like, and 
Scatter them about, some of them being thrown into the ring, and 
others hung on saplings.’ Burning sticks taken out of the fire at 
the camp are also thrown close to where the women are lying. 
The men who are walking about also catch hold of some of the 
little boys who cannot talk yet, and make a few marks of pipe- 
clay on their faces. Perhaps one of these little fellows is placed 
sitting in the fork of a tree close at hand. 
When the procession of guardians and their charges have 
advanced along the dharambil and have passed through the arch- 
way, a halt is made somewhere in the vicinity of the goombo. The 
novices are placed lying down on the ground, and rugs thrown. 
over them. During this stoppage the kooringal and other men 
who are to accompany the novices into the bush have time to 
collect their weapons and other belongings, and overtake the 
Suardians at this place. All the men present then beat their 
Weapons together and keep up a vociferous noise for some minutes, 
@ bullroarer being sounded close by. The men who were using 
the dhooroong in the Burbung ring are also here, and again beat 
the ground. These noises can be heard by the women at the 
camp and will be referred to presently. After this the kooringal 
Paint their bodies jet black with burnt grass or powdered charcoal, 
mixed with grease. 
The Thurrawonga Camp.—In order to make the subsequent 
Ee oe roe: mace eal al ore 
i Bora of the Kamilaroi Tribes.”—Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, 1x., 
