. Across Australia . ^£Mr-^. 1-. 120. >KI;LM(i\V I I 1111. KkH. KiTtM oF X CEREMONIES OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE 275 where the young men were seated. Then the shrillsound of the bull-roarer was heard, and amidst greatexcitement and much shouting, the young men weredriven up the bank on to the ceremonial ground. Asthey came at a run through the belt of scrub borderingthe river and saw the performer, they halted for a momentand lifted their hands as if in astonishment. Then,driven on by the three old men, they ran up to andcircled round and round the performer for nearly threeminutes until at
. Across Australia . ^£Mr-^. 1-. 120. >KI;LM(i\V I I 1111. KkH. KiTtM oF X CEREMONIES OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE 275 where the young men were seated. Then the shrillsound of the bull-roarer was heard, and amidst greatexcitement and much shouting, the young men weredriven up the bank on to the ceremonial ground. Asthey came at a run through the belt of scrub borderingthe river and saw the performer, they halted for a momentand lifted their hands as if in astonishment. Then,driven on by the three old men, they ran up to andcircled round and round the performer for nearly threeminutes until at length one of them—a Purula man—laid his hands on the performers shoulders and theceremony was over. As usual, when it was done, itsmeaning was explained to the younger men, none ofwhom had seen it before. After doing so they werehardly likely to forget that Imanda, a spot on the bank ofthe Hugh River where the old man lived and died, was agreat centre of the frog totem and that the banks of theriver there are inhabited
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