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DANCES. 
each pole, having at 
their ends each a 
bunch of feathers of 
the hawk or owl. 
On the top of one of 
the standards was a 
bunch of emu fea- 
thers. The branches 
were stripped of all 
their smaller twigs 
and leaves, and of 
their bark. They 
were painted white, 
and wound round 
with the white down 
of the black swan, 
twisted into a rope. 
This also extended 
for a considerable 
distance down the 
pole, below the un- 
dermost branch. 
Having again re- 
tired towards the hol- 
low, they remained 
there for a few mi- 
nutes, and then ad- 
vanced for the third 
time. On this occasion, however, instead of the image 
or standards, they all carried their spears. After 
