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Vocabulary of 
stick ( wadna ), which is fixed in the trees in which the 
opossum takes refuge. In hunting, he also uses in¬ 
cantations such as follow :— 
Kauwemukka minnurappindo. 
Let tlie crystal egg work. 
Tarralye minnurappindo. 
Let the wood of the tree work. 
Kirki muinurappindo. 
Let the gum of the tree work. 
Worriharro minnurappindo, 
Let the blood of circumcision work. 
Durtikarro mtnnurappindo . 
Let the blood of the arm work. 
Wimmari mianurappindo. 
Let the symbol of the lizard work. 
Under a similar charm, the wild dog is supposed to 
fall asleep, when they steal upon him and kill him. 
The beginning of the autumnal season is called wadla- 
worngatti , when they begin to build their houses before 
fallen trees (ivadlawornga) ; a few bushes suffice them 
for a covering at the most inclement seasons of this pure 
and beautiful atmosphere. The inhabitants of such a 
climate could hardly be unacquainted with the stars. A 
red star, named Madletaltarni , is supposed to be the 
mother, and another, named Parnakkoycrli y the father 
of the stars in Orion , called Tiniinyara —a group of 
youths who hunt kangaroos and emus in the great 
celestial plain ( womma ), while the Mangltamangliaranna 
(girls), whom we call Pleiades, dig roots, &c. which are 
around them. The milky way is with them a large 
river, called wodliparri; the dark intervals of which are 
ponds haunted by Yura, who first taught circumcision, 
and was transformed into a sea monster.* 
* The moon is, according to them, the husband of the sun. 
Once the heavenly bodies were inhabitants of this world; the moon 
and the sun ascended to heaven, and all the stars followed their 
example. It is said that most of the stars have some legend attached 
