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 76 Welo—A name given to all people living to the north of them, by every tribe, be the latter situated where they may, in the same way as Daran is applied to all people to the eastward.

Welojabbin, s.—The name of a bird which is so called from the noise it makes at night. It is colonially called the Curlew, from its resemblance to that bird, but its bill is short and blunt and the colour is lighter.

Wendang, a.—Bad.

Wer, c.—And; also.

Werbal, a.—(Upper Swan.) Lean; in poor condition.

Wetdang, v.—Pres. part., Wetdangan; past tense, Wetdangăgga; to collect.

We-to, s.—The young white ants, which are eaten by the natives at a particular stage of their growth.

We-yang (Vasse.) To mix.

Wi-ak—(K.G.S.) Enough.

Wi-dă, s.—Kernal of the Zamia nut.

Wida-wida, s.—The name of two sorts of Pardalotus punctatus and and striatus, the Diamond-bird. Its native name is taken from the sound it utters. In some places it is called Widji winji, where is the Emu?

Windang, v.—Pres., part., Widangwin; past tense, Widangaga; to mix.

Widang-winan, v.—The act of mixing or pounding anything.

Widap widap—Another name for the Diamond-bird. See Wida wida.

Wi-ding, a.—Thin; bony,

Widji, s.—An Emu; a Dragon-fly. The emu is easily domesticated when taken young, and becomes very familiar with and attached to the dogs, which generally leads to the death of a tame one. A full-grown one, when erect, stands seven feet high. The natives creep on them and spear them. The flesh is very good for eating in the proper season, tasting something like veal. The eggs are of a tea-green colour, with a watered appearance on the surface. There is a singularity in the growth of the feathers—two of them spring from one quill.

Widji bandi, s.—A gun; literally an emu shank or leg, perhaps from the thin handle part of a gun stock resembling in its carving the rough grain of the skin of an emu's leg. A double-barrelled gun is described as having two mouths. A gun with a bayonet, as the gun with the spear at its nose.

Wilban, a.—White.

Wilgi, s.—An ochrish clay, which, when burned in the fire, turns to a bright brick-dust colour; with this, either in a dry powdery state, or saturated with grease, the aborigines, both men and women, are fond of rubbing themselves over. The females are contented with smearing their heads and faces, but the men apply it indiscriminately to all parts of the body. Occasionally they paint the legs and thighs with it in a dry state, either uniformly or in transverse bands and stripes, giving the appearance of red or parti-coloured