. Across Australia . atter which is alwaystrying to prevent the rain from falling. These andmany other things the old rain-man told us, enteringinto the most minute details with keen relish. At Barrow Creek we came into contact with two tribescalled respectively the Kaitish and Unmatjera. Both ofthem were small ones, and both of them closely similarin their physical features, organisation and customs to theArunta (Figs. 162, 164, 172). The Unmatjera dialect isvery similar to that of the Arunta ; indeed it is doubtful ifthe former is really a distinct tribe or a northern group ofthe Arunta, wit

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. Across Australia . atter which is alwaystrying to prevent the rain from falling. These andmany other things the old rain-man told us, enteringinto the most minute details with keen relish. At Barrow Creek we came into contact with two tribescalled respectively the Kaitish and Unmatjera. Both ofthem were small ones, and both of them closely similarin their physical features, organisation and customs to theArunta (Figs. 162, 164, 172). The Unmatjera dialect isvery similar to that of the Arunta ; indeed it is doubtful ifthe former is really a distinct tribe or a northern group ofthe Arunta, with certain local peculiarities due to its con-tact with the Kaitish. The latter is a distinct tribe, with adialect different from that of the Unmatjera and Aruntaon the south and still more different from that of theWarrumunga on the north. The Arunta, Unmatjera,Kaitish and Ilpirra can be naturally grouped together toform one large nation occupying all the country fromthe Macumba River in the south to the Bonney Creek. Id V \> IM. W I i\l \\ \\ I. \K1 \( ;III. \Ii \\|i \KrK-BA\ li^, K \l I l^llI KlHI-:.

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