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brought along. When the boys are passing, a large hot stone is 
started rolling past close to their feet, so that they can see it, and 
as it rolls along it scorches the grass. A little farther on one or 
two more stones may be rolled past in the same way. Other 
larger stones are thrown heavily on the ground or against rocks 
a little way off to make as much noise as possible, and terrify the 
novices, who are told that this is the work of Dhurramoolun. In 
level country where there are no rocks, as in the district around 
Hay, this stone rolling part of the performance is necessarily 
omitted. 
As the guardians and novices approach the cleared space 
referred to, about a dozen men with the barrung barrung commence 
to beat the ground. These men, who are called wundang, are 
fantastically disguised by having small bushes, pieces of bark and 
grass fastened in their hair and in their belts. They are sitting 
in a row, and strike the ground in front of them with the barrung 
barrung, one after the other, making a great noise. A man is 
standing near each end of this row swinging a mudjeegang. The 
novices are brought up in front of the wundang, and are told to 
raise their heads and look. The men who are swinging the bull- 
Toarers then place one foot on top of the other to give them the 
appearance of having only one leg, like their mysterious prototype, 
Dhurramoolun. The remainder of the men, including the relatives 
of the boys are standing around the cleared space. 
The headmen and other armed warriors now step out with 
uplifted Spears and tomahawks and warn the novices that if they 
reveal what they have just seen, or any of the secret ceremonies 
which have taken place in their presence in the bush, to the — 
women or uninitiated, their own lives and those of the persons to_ 
whom they may confide the mysteries, will be required at the 
hands of the tribe. 
Return of the Boys.—At the conclusion of the important cere- 
monial of showing the boys the bullroarer, they are taken back to ie 
the ngoorang, and everything is packed up, after which a start is 
made for the Thurrawonga camp—described in previous ‘pages. can Z 
J—Aug. 4, 1897, Se 
