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feathers in their hair - before this they and the
Woman [sic] had made a fire in the middle of the
Flat, a realy big fire 8 or 10 feet acroß = this was pretty
well burned down but there were plenty of embers left
the Women take a very active part in this part
of the ceremony = When all is ready the leader among
the Women takes a spear and on the point sticks
one of the tassels worn by the Men, and with two
Women on each side of her and with all the rest
of them behind them four deep, goes to the fire and
they go round it by as series of jumps = three
times crying Ough! Ough! at every jump, giving
a loud "Cooee" now and again, after the three
times have been gone round, they break up and
go to camp, after a spell they went each one
with a tomahuck to a Gumtree and striped
off a small narrow peice of bark about two feet
long and made for the fire = when all were there
they formed up again, the leading Woman with
the spear as before = but no bark, and jumped
round the fire as before carrying the bark on
their extended arms = three times again, then
laid the peices of bark down round the fire
exach peice a little way from the other = then
returned to the camp and had another spell
They then started again to the outside of the
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