“Paune.”—The name given to the ninth child. Sorcerers can change themselves into any shape or substance, instantaneously. Each tribe regards the other as peculiar adepts in sorcery. This belief in witchcraft exercises a most baneful influence on the native mind. It is the source of nearly all their quarrels and violent deaths.
“Patta tree.”—A kind of gum tree.
“Manurapindoo.”—A mystic curse, used in hunting.
“North.”—The North is regarded by the natives as the great seat of diabolical agency, witchcraft, &c.
“Ngamma.”—A man’s name.
“Nillaro.”—A mountain in the Port Lincoln district.
“O why did you die,” &c.—A literal translation of a lament for the dead.
“Spearing fish.”—On the Onkaparinga, the Murray, the Lake, &c., fish are speared. All the spears are jagged, and vary in length according to the fish to be taken, from six feet to twelve or fourteen feet; the latter are for the Murray cod.
“Strike him,” &c.—Literal translations of the curses used on such occasions.
“Strike their shields.”—Mode of salutation in war, as well as in peace, and before a battle very striking and picturesque.