ND LANGUAGES. 29 17. The body is placed in the ground. The relatives make a pipeclay paste and place it on the head, and wear it till quite hard, when it is placed on the grave. Pipeclay is also put on the face of some. 18. Property descends to the nearest relatives. 19. They have no ideas of a fut…
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ND LANGUAGES. 29 17. The body is placed in the ground. The relatives make a pipeclay paste and place it on the head, and wear it till quite hard, when it is placed on the grave. Pipeclay is also put on the face of some. 18. Property descends to the nearest relatives. 19. They have no ideas of a future state. 20. They have no belief in God. They believe in a devil, which they call "Pootera," but they cannot describe it. 21. I do not think they have any legends or traditions. 22. I could get no answer. 23. No proofs of former civilisation. 24. They are not cannibals, 25. Their weapons are the boomerang, waddy, wommera, spears,.
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