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The fcene was altogether whimfical and curious ; the valley where 

 they equipped themfelves was very romantic, and the occafion per- 

 fectly novel. 



No. 4. — On the arrival of this curious party at the Yoo-lahng, it 

 pafTed by the boys as the herd of Kangooroos ; and then, quickly di- 

 verting themfelves of their artificial tails, each man caught up a boy, 

 and placing him on his moulders, carried him off in triumph toward 

 thclafl fcene of this extraordinary exhibition. It muft be remarked, that 

 the friends and relations of the young people by no means interfered, 

 nor attempted to moleft thefe North Shore natives in the execution of 

 their bufinefs. 



No. 5. — After walking a fhort diftance, the boys were let down 

 from the fhoulders of the men, and placed in a duller, (landing with 

 their heads inclined on their breafls, and their hands clafped together. 

 Some of the party now difappeared for above ten minutes, to arrange 

 the figure of the next fcene. The Author was not admitted to witnefs 

 this bufinefs, about which they appeared to obferve a greater degree 

 of myflery and preparation than he had noticed in either of the pre- 

 ceding ceremonies. He was at length, however, defired to come 

 forward, when he found the figures as placed in the plate No. 5. 



The group on the left are the boys, and thofe who attended them ; 

 fronting them were feen two men, one feated on the flump of a tree 

 bearing another man on his moulders, both with their arms extended. 

 Behind thefe were feen a number of bodies lying with their faces 

 toward the ground, as clofe to each other as they could lie, and at the 

 foot of another flump of a tree, on which were placed two other 

 figures in the fame pofition as the preceding. 



As the boys and their attendants approached the firfl of thefe figures, 

 the men who formed it began to move themfelves from fide to fide, 

 lolling out their tongues, and flaring as widely and horribly with their 

 eyes as they poffibly could. After this mummery had continued fome 



3 b minutes, 



