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THE ABORIGINES OF VICTORIA:
Nyain bulang tyanardi wanyap warkinnual ngalluganukyanbal nyum
Saw they (the Brambambulls saw) many fires he had made on his way till (they)
walluban bulang gingo ngàinung. Nyum giyaren bulang nyan-o wang-ngal gurmingn.
drew near where he lived. Then (they had) a council   how they might kill (him).
Bràmbuk ngananep yärim warn willang gal ngäroben Weenbulain-yo.
Brambambull the younger went (to the) windward (to be) smelled by Weenbulain.
Weenbulain-yo nyum ngäroben birnin lärnung uk tyumbin leanyuk guring-i.
Weenbulain then smelled him and came out of his cave showing (his) teeth big.
Ngarambenyo baingo nganayin nguityapdakitch ngarambenyi Weenbulain derta
The elder Brambambull who was near him to hit old Weenbulain on his
birnin nyain drangat bukal leya tyainyo mangàwuk buletchi. Malluk barta
coming out saw the fresh teeth belonging to his daughters two. After a while
gurunguk leya tyumbulan nyertwunin birnin. Nga rambenyo baingo nyum dakin
the big teeth themselves presently came out. The elder Brambambull   then hit
men bropuk ba leanyuk, ba gutuk bàrpin woiup burnin bulang, ba
him on the head and teeth, and the younger Brambambull ran to help kill him, and
yurp burninbulang Weenbulain, buityel wurninbulang ba darpin bulang.
thus they killed Weenbulain, and knocked to pieces his head and burnt him.


Note.—The Rev. Mr. Hartmann says in a letter to me, in reference to this story, that, according to information given by the blacks, it is known all over the country. It is only part of a long story. The two Brambambulls were rather remarkable men. The blacks' further account of them may be briefly stated thus:—The Brambambulls were invulnerable, and the elder could make himself invisible whenever he pleased. The last thing known about the elder is that he went away in a whirlwind. The younger Brambambull is said to have vanished too for a while, but to have made his appearance again in another part of the country. He was followed and found by his mother. It is said that he died from the effects of a snake-bite; that he was buried; and that he became alive again. After that he could not be found any more. The portion of the story that is sent, Mr. Hartmann says, is written in the way a black would tell it—of course considerably abridged.


Names of Native Animals.

Kangaroos—
fawn male Borra.
" female Goaan.
grey male Goore.
" female Meringur.
brown male Meendyun.
" female Mitch.
Wallabies—
large grey, two black
stripes on back
Kamma.
brown Gooyee.
small Batyûk.
brown and grey Tyallagar.
" " Dya.
" " Wakwee.
Wombat Mûtye.
Opossums—
white-tailed Wille.
black-tailed Banya.
Bandicoots—
striped brown and white Watyûn.
" black and white Mangen.
" brown Bo.
Native cats—
brown, with white spots Berik.
black, " " Beridyûl.
Dingo, or wild dog Wilkûr.
Porcupine Yûlowil.
Mouse Dgityigarap.
Water-rat Brepbir.