. Across Australia . iAI-^HAl-KI> IllLHI. U \Kl: WllMiA TRIRE. !iS. i;^ 1 \i-^u \iF,ii rrniii, \\-\ki;\\]i m,\ M\\ \\l.\l;l\i^ \\\ -■ I II. \1 i-l;I \i .s As A \i HE, TRlliE. XVI LIFE IN THE WARRAMUNGA CAMP 383 On another evening we saw a big fire lighted in themain camp. A number of men were standing round it,all jabbering at the top of their voices, and, above all thenoise, we could hear the piercing yells of a boy. Itturned out that they were giving the latter a fright, andthat really it was all what they call monkey yabber,that is they did not mean to do an
. Across Australia . iAI-^HAl-KI> IllLHI. U \Kl: WllMiA TRIRE. !iS. i;^ 1 \i-^u \iF,ii rrniii, \\-\ki;\\]i m,\ M\\ \\l.\l;l\i^ \\\ -■ I II. \1 i-l;I \i .s As A \i HE, TRlliE. XVI LIFE IN THE WARRAMUNGA CAMP 383 On another evening we saw a big fire lighted in themain camp. A number of men were standing round it,all jabbering at the top of their voices, and, above all thenoise, we could hear the piercing yells of a boy. Itturned out that they were giving the latter a fright, andthat really it was all what they call monkey yabber,that is they did not mean to do anything serious andwere only pretending—though it was a very goodpretence—to be in earnest. The boy had done some-thing that was against tribal law, so one or two of theolder men talked the matter over and decided to givehim a lesson. Accordingly they caught him and tookhim to the fire, telling him that they were going to roasthim. The boy had no idea that they were not thoroughlyin earnest, and, judging by his yells when they held himnear the fire, he bitterly regretted his misdeeds. Aft
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