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und bags of kangaroo skin ( tando ) > —to make the 
tapurro , or drum of stuffed opossum skin, beaten by 
fffe women at the dances,—to sew with the pointed 
kangaroo bone ( loityo , or wauwc-wityo ), and sinews 
( tainya ),—to make the wika, or fishing net, the minde , or 
wallaby net, and the munta , a large hunting net, the fur 
cloak (watpa\ and the hair girdle (gadlotti ). The ap¬ 
proaches of the suitor are either by courtship ( kakkaba - 
bandi) or violence; in which case the woman is called 
milla (a word signifying also violence), and the process 
milla mangkondi , to take a milla 
As he approaches to manhood, the boy is called wilya - 
kundarti , from his undergoing the ceremony of being 
beaten with green branches.f He is also called marndo 
until lie is circumcised. His nearest relative appoints 
fhe time and place for the ceremony, and is hence called 
Pappa-mattanya (master of the circumcised).J 
* Girls are most frequently promised by the parents from their 
birth.—T. 
■f He is at the same time sprinkled with blood from the arm of 
one of the male adults.—T. 
I The Paj?pas are caught from among the children, while the 
Women pretend to be angry, biting their sticks ( katta) and threaten¬ 
ing the men. They are then taken to the place of circumcision, and 
covered with a mantle till the Turlos are caught. The performer of 
the ceremony is called Turlo: he is supposed to do it unwillingly: he 
endeavours to escape, but is caught by the pursuers and carried to 
where the circumcision takes place, laid upon the ground, and rubbed 
°ver with dust. As many boys as there are to be circumcised, so 
many Turlos are appointed, and generally a supernumerary one ; 
the reason why is not yet known. After a short time, he is taken 
by the ears and raised to a sitting posture ; loud shouts being made 
t° recover him from his supposed state of enchantment. Then a line 
18 drawn, on one side of which stands a person called Varna (the 
na me of the star of autumn), and on the other one called Tappo 
(tbe name of a fly): the katta (or women’s stick) is borne several 
kmes round the whole male tribe. None of the women and children 
ma y witness this ceremony. The men then follow the bearer of the 
v °b, I. NO. II. I 
