"The blear-eyed sorcerers of the north Their vile enchantments sung and wove, And in the night they sallied forth, A fearful, man-devouring drove. "Feasting on our own lov'd one With sanguinary jaws and tongue, The wretches sat, and gnaw'd, and kept Devouring, while their victim slept. Yho, yang, yho yang, yang yho. "Yes, unconsciously he rested In a slumber too profound; While vile Boyl-yas sat and feasted On the victim they had bound In sleep:--Mooligo, dear young brother, Where shall we find the like of thee? Favourite of thy tender mother, We again shall never see Mooligo, our dear young brother. Yho, yang yho, ho, ho. "Men, who ever bold have been, Are your long spears sharpened well? Fix anew the quartz-stone keen, Let each shaft upon them tell. Poise your _meer-ros_, long and sure, Let the _kileys_ whiz and whirl Strangely through the air so pure; Heavy _dow-uks_ at them hurl; Shout the yell they dread to hear. Let the young men leap on high, To avoid the quivering spear; Light of limb and quick of eye, Who sees well has nought to fear. Let them shift, and let them leap, While the quick spear whistling flies, Woe to him who cannot leap! Woe to him who has bad eyes!" When an old woman has commenced a chant of this kind, she will continue it until she becomes positively exhausted; and upon her ceasing, another takes up the song. The effect some of them have upon the assembled men is very great; indeed, it is said that these addresses of the old women are the cause of most of the disturbances which take place. Thus, even amid the forests of New Holland, the _influence of woman_ will, in one way or another, make itself felt. The ceremonies observed at the funeral of a native vary, as might be expected, in so great a space, but they are wild and impressive in every part of New Holland. According to Collins, the natives of the colony called New South Wales were in the habit of burning the bodies of those who had passed the middle age of life, but burial seems the more universal method of disposing of their dead among the Australians. Some very curious drawings and figures cut in the rock were discovered by Captain Grey, in North-Western Australia, but whether these were burying-places does not appear. For the account of these works of rude art, which is extremely interesting, but too long to transcribe, the reader is referred to the delightful work of the traveller just mentioned.