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had to do the same all up the coast, but what
has become of him no one knows = he may have been
killed = but no new "corobries" have come here for some
years. I was not correct in writing that all came
from the North = those were called by one name - some
came from the South, those were called by another name
and others from the interior - these had another name
but in all cases they were passed on from one Tribe
to another, I have given you the Leagend as I received
it, I was under the impression for a long time that
all came from the North untill Mr Wynton told
of others = I have seen two or three, they were
always held at night = Fancy a fire to give light
and two old Gins sitting or rather squatting down in
front of it, with two hard stsicks, or two Boomerangs
which trhey kept beating togeather, keeping correct
time and singing a kind of chant = the words
used were what were taught with the dance
what dialect it was in no one knew, it might
be from Cape York or down Victoria way or
from the Barwon = no one could tell where from
It was sung in a monotunus kind of a way, commencing
with high notes & then lower and lower, over and over
again = but someteimes changing the tone of the voice
The best I saw the Men were ranged up in a line
on the other side of the fire from the Gins = their
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