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Page 39
... animals , per- haps people as well , and whoever it snaps shut on does not live to tell how it was . It is a man - made beast , not so big : two steel jaws each with a row of teeth — I can feel them with my fingertips . They are ghastly ...
... animals , per- haps people as well , and whoever it snaps shut on does not live to tell how it was . It is a man - made beast , not so big : two steel jaws each with a row of teeth — I can feel them with my fingertips . They are ghastly ...
Page 40
... animals used to clear out at dawn so they wouldn't be seen by the stockmen , but even if they went to the far end of the country , they always returned at evening to lie curled up against us when the night grew cold . They slept with ...
... animals used to clear out at dawn so they wouldn't be seen by the stockmen , but even if they went to the far end of the country , they always returned at evening to lie curled up against us when the night grew cold . They slept with ...
Page 72
... animals . They have been seen far from here too , on the upper part of the Marngu River , beyond into the hills and almost to the end of the Galpu country . Whatever fun there might be in the trapping , the captured wallaby and little ...
... animals . They have been seen far from here too , on the upper part of the Marngu River , beyond into the hills and almost to the end of the Galpu country . Whatever fun there might be in the trapping , the captured wallaby and little ...
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angry Anguban animals Baba babaru balandja barley sugar beast belly better billabong billycan bilma birds Boma boulder branches Bungawa bush bush tucker camp chant cliff cloud cockatoo crawl crocodile dark didjeridu dilly bag dingo Djangau dragged dreams dust Duwei eyes fellows fire flaps flock Galpu gather Gidja goanna gone ground hand hill hurry inside Jambawal keep leaves look mangrove marain Marngit Midinari Mother mountain Murngin Nakara Namanama Nati never night Niyari Padre pandanus paperbark Perhaps Pitjanta pity Pupa Ranger rest river rocks Ruria sand seen Sergeant shelter skin sneak soul sound spear spirit boss spirit world stick stretch struggle tell Tiwa track trap tree tribal country tribal elders trunk tucker valley voice walk wallaby Warand Warngi water hole Wati Wawa white man's whole wonder Wongar Yirli yudu