18G 
HORN EXPEDITION—ANTHROPOLOGY. 
“ Up malatam keytie 
Alkua niunga 
II pau wita wita.” 
Tliis chant lias been lianclod clown from time immemorial, and is used at the 
present time. The Algurawartna was subsequently killed and eaten by the 
natives, and his fat lasted the tribe for many moons. 
Knocking Out of Teeth, 
Men and women of the Al-lail-linga groups of this subdivision of the Arunta 
tribe, who have been referred to as great rain makers, knock out the right upper 
central incisor, but there is no special ceremony attached to the knocking out of 
the tooth. 
Head-rings.—Perforation of the Septum of the Nose. 
The women wear head-rings made of fur, similar rings are worn round the 
neck. The wing bone {tilalkirra) of an eagle-hawk {iritcha) is worn through the 
septum of the nose. 
Cowardice. 
The natives, although having a contempt for physical cowardice in one of their 
own tribe, have no equivalent for the English word coward. They merely speak 
of a coward as “ f/r/V/wc/,” that is to say, one who is frightened. 
Water-bags (Arrancha). 
These are made with the skins of kangai’oo, euro and wallaby. 
