Beliefs

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[Left margin note]
Section 5

The belief in human ghosts is general.

The Murup of the Kulin, the Yambo of the Kurnai, the
Anlabery of the [Wolgal?] & the [Njarejog?], the [gulkun -
[gulkan?] of the [Nitjoballuck?] and the [??] of the
[Wirradjery?], are all human ghosts. - [crossed out - ?? where in]
[crossed out line - the ghosts [??[ when [??] ]. It does seem so]
From what will follow [crossed out - in to the beliefs] subsequently it will
be safe to contend that the belief [crossed out - is if had 3 words and] of
a belief all the tribes and speak of.
[Crossed out line - universal in all arguments they widely speak and in the]
[crossed out - tribe to speak of.]

[crossed out - I can now] It is now possible to go a stage [crossed out - step] further in this inquiry
and consider what became of their ghost - when it
leaves the deceased.

The Kulin believed that the Murup either went
direct to Njamat or lingered about many places [crossed out - its [??] ]
[crossed out - during life] [Kamiliari?] [??] in life, [crossed out -The] and it circled round the earth. -

([crossed out - 2 lines difficult to read]

[crossed out - The Kulin [??] that]
[crossed out - And the murup might either linger about a myth]
[crossed out - some visit to the earth. Of the latter the Kulin]

It is believed to wander about, to stand by [crossed out - its] the grave of its
body, to warm itself at fires left burning in the bush
where hunters had cooked their game, and even to
consume fragments of food left there.

[crossed out - The wobji] The Wolgalballuck also thought that the
ghost remained for a time at the grave.

[Left margin note - The care of the murup [about?]
was ranged at the edge of the
earth and the medicine man
and [came?] back to its
[deserted?] body (p .) is one
in point.

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[Left margin note] [with the Kurnai ]

[crossed out title - Ghosts are]

The deceased were supposed to pass away as a "Yambo" ([??])
or "one at [??]" ghosts to a [crossed out - deceased] place beyond [the cloudy layer?] [arrow to word above Yambo]
[crossed out - the sky], [??] but he did not necessarily [??] [??] [??]
male or female mrarts were supposed to wander about the
the country which they inhabited when as the blacks [crossed out - one word]
[crossed out - maybe [??] [??] [??] ghosts (mrarts)]

They all believed they were able to commute & see the living
through men when they hunt animals for the [search?] of
spirits land. Of these matters[??] I have [??] [??] I
have spoken elsewhere p. -