the Adelaide Tribe. 
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from the sharp glassthe rest can only be imperfectly 
made out, perhaps from being in the dialect of a northern 
tribe celebrated for their skill in incantations. 
One upon whom the tattooing has been completely 
performed is called ngulta , the first of the five stages 
between youth and old age ( ngulta , ycllambambatti , 
tarkanye, manghawitya , and burtonna ).* He wears 
round his arm the badge of the age of joy and amuse¬ 
ment—a piece of string called ngunya-kurla . He adorns 
bis head after the fashion called mcimbarta , tying a string 
°f opossum-hair round the forehead, greasing his hair 
to make it hang down in clots, and colouring it with 
karko, or red ochre ; adding, perhaps, the tuft of feathers 
Ca ned witowito . 
The word kaityandi means, to stick bits of quartz- 
cr ystal on the spear or club, with a gum of excellent 
( luality called narnuyakho.f The shield is of dry bark 
{midla baltka). The midla is a short and flat stick, upon 
' v hich the haya , a small spear, is fixed, and thrown to a 
greater distance than it could be from the hand. With 
these simple weapons, the cloak and the girdle of hair, 
flie Ii'a-binna, or man of war, considered himself suffi¬ 
ciently equipped. 
The hunter, when tempted by a night of fleeting 
clouds and moonshine, called manmarra , to take the 
favourable opportunity of catching opossums, goes out 
^ r ith his wikatye (a net bag) upon his shoulder, the 
n 9 a Uawirri (a long clubj), and his net, or a climbing 
Ngulta — properly, a tattoo mark; ycllambambatti , a fresh cut 
baling j tarkanye —from the blood poured on him ; manghawitya — 
(literally, thin cuts), the trace of the tattoo marks disappearing; 
° Ur tonna — worn out.—T. 
t The gum ( minno) of the wattle is used for this purpose: the 
£um of the pine ( narnuyahko) for smaller instruments.—T. 
+ Used only by the tribes on the Murray. They also tame wild 
°g s , and train them to hunt.—T. 
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