. Across Australia . ->. X CEREMONIES OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE 287 length beside the water-pool. Quite apart from theartificial heat of the fire, the day was hot enough tomake things uncomfortable, the thermometer registeringiio5° F. in the shade and 156° F. in the sun, the only-shade, so far as we were concerned, being that of a fewscantily-leaved gum trees. The fire was of course in theopen, and the heat of the sand was so great that we couldfeel it easily through our boots. At sunset the men returned to camp, and standing in aline in front of the Parra, they saw the Kauaua for the firsttime,
. Across Australia . ->. X CEREMONIES OF THE ARUNTA TRIBE 287 length beside the water-pool. Quite apart from theartificial heat of the fire, the day was hot enough tomake things uncomfortable, the thermometer registeringiio5° F. in the shade and 156° F. in the sun, the only-shade, so far as we were concerned, being that of a fewscantily-leaved gum trees. The fire was of course in theopen, and the heat of the sand was so great that we couldfeel it easily through our boots. At sunset the men returned to camp, and standing in aline in front of the Parra, they saw the Kauaua for the firsttime, and witnessed the last of the sacred ceremonies(Fig. 136). Whether or not it was a relief to them we donot know, but certainly it was to us. As soon as the cere-mony was over, they once more lay down in a long row withtheir heads upon the Parra, and here they remained for morethan two hours. After dark a dozen little fires were lightedaround the base of the Kauaua; the younger men were toldto get up and sat about in group
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