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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	bä	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,	bä	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.

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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.