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Boomerang was "Perricult" Womera "Yackarie" A spear Gummi, Fishing spear ["Mulli"?] Sheild was Marebak", "Terra" the thigh, "Milttah" the fingers Yenki" the eye = "Nan" the nose,= "Bucka" the knees "tinna" the foot, "Wallong" the head I forget lots of it = Now about their counting = they had only two words "Moculbo" one, and "Bur[r]eabo" two = No more, three, was "Bureabo Moculbo" = no words to express any number beyond that - after that it was "Toocal" Talking to Whites they would say ["Cobon?] lot ÷ Tousands! Close up Hundreds" they could make any one understand by counting on their fingers up to ten, bt no words [of?] their own to express it in, they would say "two fellow" then on the fingers, so many. A word they used often, and I don't know exactly how to translate it was "Berakh" "Toocal Berack" was very big = "Cooran Berakh" was too short = Midgey Berakh too little = I suppose "very" is the nearest meaning I can give it = I shall now try and tell you all I know and can find out about the Man Making = It was called "Cabra Ground" here but in books you will find it called "Bora" or Boora" I have had the greatest dificulty in finding out what I have = All that was done at it was kept a profound secret from All Women, boys and Whites = not so much
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