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who catches hold of the dhullaboolga and pulls it off, and then 
slides down from his guardian’s shoulders out of sight of his 
mother.’ The latter at the same time also turns her back towards 
herson. The same course is followed by all the mothers simultane- 
ously, after which the covering is taken off the other women, who ~ 
are lying down a few paces back from the open end of the thurra- 
wonga, and then all the women go away back to the main camp. 
The men who have charge of the proceedings at the thurrawonga 
then throw green bushes on the fire, which produce a dense smoke 
into which are gathered all the men who have been out at the 
ngoorang, as well as the boys, where they stand round the fire 
until the old men consider that they have been sufficiently fumi- 
gated. The guardians and novices camp all night in the thurra- 
wonga, and early next morning go away into the bush to a suitable 
camping place, accompanied by some of the kooringal and old men. 
The women also remove their quarters, and go to another camp. 
The men and boys stop away for a few days. It may be that 
they camp at the same place all the time, or perhaps a fresh camp- 
ing ground is reached every night. The camp is not broken up 
into bunbul sections every morning, and the boys go out hunting 
with the men during the day, being now under no restrictions, 
except that they must eat only such food? as has been sanctioned 
by the old men. 
At the end of this term of probation, the men and boys again . 
go back to the main camp, stopping at some suitable place by the 
way to paint themselves, and put on their full dress. This return 
of the novices, which completes the process of inauguration, is 
called ngoorango goorawalgaree (bringing back to camp), and is _ 
1 Among the Wiradthuri tribes further to the northward, the mother 
of the novice squirts pipe-clay out of her mouth into his face when he is 
carried into the thurrawonga; and in some districts she afterwards taps 
him on the breast with a boomerang, or with a small narrow piece of bark, 
ornamented with paint for the occasion.—Journ. Anthrop. Inst., xxv. 
10; Ibid., xxv1., 282 and note 2 
2“The Dhalgai Ceremony.”—Journ. Anthrop. Inst., xxvt., 339. 
