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Mo6yung-b6gal — A place on the Bland run, the name signifies an 

 owl coming out of a hole. 



Nar'roo-burrima — from Narroo, honey and 'burrima ' got it or 

 got him. 



Wid'-din — The Widdin Mountain is partly on the Arram'agong 

 run (properly NarranVagong lately leased by P. Maley or 

 O'Maley). ' Widdin ' signifies to stop, and it was upon this 

 mountain that the young blackfellow had to remain for a 

 certain time during the ceremony of his initiation into man- 

 hood. The mountain is the highest in this part of the country 

 and a conspicuous landmark for many miles round. 



Bri'-bera (called also Bob-bera by the residents) — A hill near the 

 Moon-booka run, Bland Creek, the name is a corruption of 

 ' Boorri-boolla ' from ' boorri ' a boy and ' boolla ' two. There 

 are two rocks on the top of the hill which bear a fanciful 

 resemblance to a couple of children, hence the name. 



[Boolla — This word also means two in the Hunter River 

 and Hawkesbury dialects. — J. F. M.] 



Belabala Creek — A tributary of the Bland Creek, from 'boolla' 

 two. Boolla-boolla referring to the junction of two creeks. 



Moran-gareel — A head station on the Bland Creek, from ' Mor- 

 ang ' a cockatoo and ' gareel ' a little reed spear. Picture a 

 cockatoo killed by a little rood spear. 



Burra-inunda Troy — A head station on a branch of the Tyagong 

 Creek. ' Troy ' appears to be a spurious addition to the 

 native name. ' Burra is a stinging nettle, and ' Munda ' a 

 piece of bark. 



Thooree — means born. 



Nar-rar-then — A small kind of bat. 



Bumbaldry — A head station near the source of the Tyagong 

 Creek. A water hole and great bathing place of the blacks. 

 ' Bumbald ' indicates the jumping in of the gins or women, 

 and daree (noise) — the noise made by their plunging into the 

 water together. 



We'-ogo — A head station and name of a high hill near it. The 

 word signifies a mountain standing by itself. An isolated 

 mountain. 



Cow'al— -is a large water, a lake, or swamp at the end of a creek. 

 Thus the Bland Creek empties during floods into a basin or 

 ' Cow'al ' from 20 to 30 miles long, and from 10 to 15 miles 

 wide, its depth being from 6 to 15 feet deep, its banks are for 

 the most part well denned. During ordinary seasons this 

 Cowal has in the summer time the appearance of an extensive 

 plain, dry and sun-cracked with much polygonum growing 



E— June 4, 1890. 



