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Children were uncovered = Next there was
rather a strange thing I thought at the time
The Mother of the boy then threw off her blanket
and went up to the boy as he stood [?]of the ring
made by the Pipe clayed Darkies = put her
hands on his shoulders and with the sole of
her foot scroked him down as far as she could
reach = then came away crying = then his aunt
went and did the same = ?is this a form
of bleßing ? you must understand that from
this out the Boys Mother has nothing to do do
with him = he will be a Man = independent
Old Goanah then went into the ring with
a shield and Womera and commenced singing
& beating on the shield - dancing round all the
time, I asked what the song was but the only
answer I could get was -"Blackfellow always
like oif that" I think the words are not understood
by them -[After he had done, the men forming the
ring began to sway slightly to the right, then to
the left, all singing out "Ough!" at every sway, con-
tracting the circle all the time, untill they were
shoulder to shoulder, Then all of them rushed
into the fire, holding the Boy in the middle, so
that he did not touch the fire, they jumped
up and down a number of times, shouting
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