. Across Australia . Fii;. I2ij, iKi \iAi;iM\ ,i| iin, r.\Ji\\ii:A ur \li:R A-\A-l\Kr\I\ A— lo 1111 ^IkUl iiNi: ImIKM Ol MRIrNJA(p. 271) X CEREMONIES OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE 279 of some of the older men for whom it was their duty tocollect animal food. The collection of vegetable food,except such as is required for consumption on the spot, isusually left in the hands of the women. This is meredrudgery, whilst the capture of emus and kangarooscombines, with the acquisition of food, the excitement ofthe chase which appeals largely to savage man. Atsunset every day the men were a
. Across Australia . Fii;. I2ij, iKi \iAi;iM\ ,i| iin, r.\Ji\\ii:A ur \li:R A-\A-l\Kr\I\ A— lo 1111 ^IkUl iiNi: ImIKM Ol MRIrNJA(p. 271) X CEREMONIES OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE 279 of some of the older men for whom it was their duty tocollect animal food. The collection of vegetable food,except such as is required for consumption on the spot, isusually left in the hands of the women. This is meredrudgery, whilst the capture of emus and kangarooscombines, with the acquisition of food, the excitement ofthe chase which appeals largely to savage man. Atsunset every day the men were always brought back tothe Engwura ground by way of the main camp, where onlythe women and children remained. Many of the olderwomen had been present at previous ceremonies of thekind and knew exactly what they had to do. Under theirguidance a supply of dry grass was collected and two firesmade ; at one the Purula and Kumara women gathered,and at the other the Panunga and Bukhara. When the men returned, they halted for a short timeout in the scrub on the opposite side of the river to themain camp. An old man went on ahead to tell thewomen that the party
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