THE BURBUNG OR INITIATION CEREMONY. 153 
opening in the embank- 
ment, from which the 
path led away towards 
the goombo. The em- 
bankment is continued 
outward a few feet on 
either side of the track 
where it leavesthering. 
The camp of the local 
tribe was about one 
hundred yards to the 
north of this circle, and 
the other tribes. were 
encamped adjacent, 
each on the side facing 
in the direction from 
which they had come. 
Water for camp use 
was obtained from the 
Murrumbidgee River, 
which was close to the 
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Fig. 3 is an enlarged drawing of the goombo or budtha goonang 
—4, 6, c, d, being the four heaps of earth; ¢ is the position of the 
forked stump ;' f is the screen of boughs, garreel, a little way 
beyond the goombo. The dotted line is the track leading to the 
Burbung. 
The scale of Figs. 2 and 3 is eighty feet toone inch. For com- 
sui details of all the drawings the reader is referred to the text. 
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©m on ceremonial occasions.—Journ. Anthrop. Inst., xxv., 301, . 
