Notes on Kurnai 150 pages

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after exercising his power of a Mŭllamŭllŭng
for some years he one night dreamed that
his wife who was in her monthly course
had thrown some of the blood at him.
When he woke he told her and she said
that she was very sorry. From that time he
could do no more and the things went
somewhere from his bag he knew not where.
He was wrong to sleep near his wife
when she was in that state as it might
have done him severe injury as well
as depriving him of his power as a
Mŭllamŭllŭng.

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Document Details

Date
Letter From
Letter To
Author Howitt, Alfred William
Country Australia
Colony/State Victoria
Holding Institution State Library of Victoria
Collection Name Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number MS9356/404
Medium Notes
Region
Locality
Summary MS 9356 [Series] Correspondence and notes concerning aboriginal tribes - Aboriginal tribes of Victoria. [Sub Series] Kurnai [Item Title] Notes by A. W. Howitt titled 'Kurnai. Various names of plants, language etc.'. [Summary note] Incorporates information from correspondents including Mr. McAlpine, J. C. McLeod and tribal informants. 145 pages. Box 1053 [Folder] 3(b) & 4(a) [State Library Victoria record 2018]
Physical Description Correspondence and notes.