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The Moon was aberrant before her motions were regulated by Nooralie. Nooralie had much to remember and to consider before he could decide what should be the times of the appearance of the Moon, and how she should appear, but at length he addressed her in these words:—

In other words: "Die! your bones whiten—and your bones go to powder."

The Moon obeyed Nooralie. She dies at regular periods—and re-appears—and does her duty to the Aborigines as Nooralie in times long past commanded her to do.

The progenitors of the existing tribes—whether birds or beasts or men—were set in the sky, and made to shine as stars if the deeds they had done were mighty, and such as to deserve commemoration. The Eagle (Quarnamero) is now the planet Mars, and justly so, because he was warlike, and much given to fighting. The Crow (Wāgara) is a star, and smaller stars are set about him, and those represent his wives.

The Moon, before he was set in the sky—(our Satellite is always regarded and spoken of as a male by the Aborigines of Victoria)—was very wicked, and