. Across Australia . I 1;^, 2SO. ■,IO II \ \\\ IM. I\ .( IKiN Willi A ii|Mil, \\iM,I,UMjtA hHI-,\l. AMI II\I. nc I; 1-1 1 KM 1-; |;s lAKIMI IAKT IN I 11 !■, I iNA, w m;k \mim;a il;. 2S7. I,kill \ ii-iik \\\ im; \\ikii wnn iii|.; w i iLa ]iiII:MIC I Kkl I ]■ \ ri \l K IIKHMICKI. XVII THE GREAT WOLLUNQUA 409 they should take us there. They readily fell in with oursuggestion, and, a few days after the completion of theceremonies, we started ofF from Tennant Creek in com-pany with a small party of about a dozen of the oldermen, inc
. Across Australia . I 1;^, 2SO. ■,IO II \ \\\ IM. I\ .( IKiN Willi A ii|Mil, \\iM,I,UMjtA hHI-,\l. AMI II\I. nc I; 1-1 1 KM 1-; |;s lAKIMI IAKT IN I 11 !■, I iNA, w m;k \mim;a il;. 2S7. I,kill \ ii-iik \\\ im; \\ikii wnn iii|.; w i iLa ]iiII:MIC I Kkl I ]■ \ ri \l K IIKHMICKI. XVII THE GREAT WOLLUNQUA 409 they should take us there. They readily fell in with oursuggestion, and, a few days after the completion of theceremonies, we started ofF from Tennant Creek in com-pany with a small party of about a dozen of the oldermen, including the two chief men of the totem group. For the first two days our way lay across very un-interesting plain country covered with poor scrub, withhere and there a low range of hills. Every prominentfeature of any kind was associated with some tradition oftheir past. A range five miles away from Tennant Creekhad arisen to mark the path traversed by the greatancestor of the Pittongu (bat) totem. Several milesfurther on, a solitary, upstanding column of rock repre-sented an opossum man who rested here during histravels, looked about the country, and left spirit childrenbehind him when he journeyed on. A l
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