ok tbe saloon, wbieb opening, wbsn kound, 'was 6rm.1v nailed up. Nkitb tbe sudden cessation ok tbe supply ok wbiske^ vias also connected tbs blowinZ-down b)i a bi^b wind ok an old oak-tree, in tire bollow stump ok wbieb several cloven bottles ok lienor were kound concealed. Lorne sbamans drearn ok tbunder, and tbsn become weatber- propbets. Otbers are rnore like tbs "dreamers" ok tire Laerarnento Valley and koot-kills, in tbat tbeir rnain occupa tion is to converse witb tbe spirits and 6nd out kavorable places kor bunts, etc. One karnous skarnan in 8i^ Neadows is everpwbere claimed to bave "dreamed" tbe coming ok tire 6rst wbite people manp ^ears dekore tbs^p cams. He described tbsir dress, manner ok doinA tbinZs, and tbs place wberc tbsv would be 6rst seen. Lbamans, in tbeir ceremonies, Zenerall^ wear kew orna ments. Nost wear a band ok otter or mink skin about tbe korebead, and carrv cocoon-rattles. Mben tbe case is serious, tbev put on instead tbe ^ellow-bammer keatber band, and use wbistles ok bird-bones. Ibess latter are Zenerabp used wben talking to tbe spirits at a meeting. Lome skamans are particularly successkul in curing certain diseases. Lome are able to cure tbs bites ok bears, otbers tboss ok snakes, etc. Idris specialisation, and particularlv tbe close connection ok dreaming ok tbe bear witb curing bear-bites, etc., does not seem so mucb developed bere as Mst to tbe nortb, amon§ tbe rVcboma/wi. OLULLioi^i^i.8 O^>iCL8.—d?be ceremonies and dances ok tbs Naidu, otbsr tban tbe burning and tbe sbaman cere monies, still remain to be discussed, ^be construction ok tbe various tppes ok dance-ornaments used bas already been de scribed. ^.s tbs dances and ceremonies are most kubv developed in tbe Laerarnento Valley, it is tbere tbat we knd tbe most elaborate decorations, and tbe greatest variety ok tbem. /r kew words as to tbe manner ok wearing tbe orna ments are bere necessary. ^be most common korm ok keatber band (see bi^. 25, b), and tbe one wbicb is worn perbaps more widely and krcpuentlp tban an)i otbsr, is ok a t)ipe bavins a wide distribution in