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INTRODUCTION
I. INTRODUCTORY
II. THE ALL FATHER, BYAMEE
111. RELATIONSHIPS AND TOTEMS
IV. THE MEDICINE MEN
V. MORE ABOUT THE MEDICINE MEN AND LEECHCRAFT
VI. OUR WITCH WOMAN
VII. BIRTH--BETROTHAL--AN ABORIGINAL GIRL FROM INFANCY TO WOMANHOOD
VIII. THE TRAINING OF A BOY UP TO BOORAH PRELIMINARIES
IX. THE BOORAH AND OTHER MEETINGS
X. CHIEFLY AS TO FUNERALS AND MOURNING
XI. SOMETHING ABOUT STARS AND LEGENDS
XII. THE TRAPPING OF GAME
XIII. FORAGING AND COOKING
XIV. COSTUMES AND WEAPONS
XV. THE AMUSEMENTS OF BLACKS
XVI. BUSH BOGIES AND FINIS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By one of the Euahlayi Tribe
A NATIVE CARRYING A MESSAGE-STICK
TWO NATIVES READY FOR A CORROBOREE
THE FUNERAL OF A NATIVE. A BARK COFFIN
A NATIVE SINGING TO HIS OWN ACCOMPANIMENT
A NATIVE GRINDING GRASS SEED ON A DAYOORL-STONE
A NATIVE WITH SHIELD AND WADDY IN FRONT OF HIS CAMP