the long peice of the Grass tree so as to keep it firm on
the ground, and one put the short peice in the
hole, vertically, then with the peice between his two
hands, made it revolve as quickly as he could
wotking his hands down so as to give as much
pressure as he could on the bottom peice = when his
hands got to the bottom the other Darkie started at
the top and the first man had a spelle and was
ready to start again, turn & turn about, never leting
it stop, after a bit the charcole began to smoke
then one or two judicus puffs, and the stringey
bark caught fire= and all was right = I do not
Know if they got fire this way in other parts of
the Colony = here they always used the Grasstree if
they could get it, I never saw them use any other but
they have told me that other woods would do, I do
not know which = they got fire quicker than you
would think = but they nearly always carried a
fire stick about with them, When all this was
finished the strangers would commence to arrive
the Men went direct to the top ring and the
Women and Children to the bottom ring and
set up their camps near it, When a fresh lot
of Blacks arrived the "Bulroarer" went to work
The Women were told that this ws the voice of
the Spirit or spirits, and what then took place
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