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Page 10
... hand ; even Marngit , the medicine man , offered to help . My wives made a big fire and cooked yam in hot ashes ; they even brought a dilly bag full of turtle eggs , but no salt . Why do whites always need to sprinkle a pinch of it over ...
... hand ; even Marngit , the medicine man , offered to help . My wives made a big fire and cooked yam in hot ashes ; they even brought a dilly bag full of turtle eggs , but no salt . Why do whites always need to sprinkle a pinch of it over ...
Page 57
... hand to call or tell me something , but no words come out and the hand stif- fens in the air . Behind her rolls another trolley , and another — a whole line of Nakara women ride on them . They wear no clothes or covers and their skin ...
... hand to call or tell me something , but no words come out and the hand stif- fens in the air . Behind her rolls another trolley , and another — a whole line of Nakara women ride on them . They wear no clothes or covers and their skin ...
Page 62
... hand ; she presses into my palm a piece of barley sugar . " Hold this , love ; it'll sweeten up your life a bit . ” My belly seems . . . it is flat now and rough ; the whole body feels as though I am not touching it but moving my hand ...
... hand ; she presses into my palm a piece of barley sugar . " Hold this , love ; it'll sweeten up your life a bit . ” My belly seems . . . it is flat now and rough ; the whole body feels as though I am not touching it but moving my hand ...
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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 Murngin Nakara Namanama Nati never night Padre pandanus paperbark Perhaps Pitjanta pity Pupa Purelko Ranger rest river rocks Ruria sand seen Sergeant shelter skin sneak soul sound spear spirit boss spirit world stick stretch struggle tell Tiwa told 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