In any case this month, like _keke_, the first of the _uro_, comes to have a special meaning. It seems to be somewhat uncertain whether _koidjugubo_ exists as the name of a special month or whether the word only denotes a constellation related to the months _wapi_, _hopukoruho_, and _abu_. The time of the _koidjugubo_ is that in which the S. E. monsoon blows hardest. The corresponding middle month in _hurama_ is _goibaru_. _Baidamu_ (‘the Shark’), the Great Bear, is also related to a certain period during the S. E. monsoon, particularly to _hopukoruho_, in which according to certain statements the head sets, and to _abu_, in which the back fin and the tail set. The setting of each of the various parts of the body of the Shark in the west is accompanied by storms and rain, which arise in the period of the S. E. monsoon. When the Shark is no longer to be seen at evening, and after both its eyes have emerged in the east at morning, the period of the _tagai-karongo_ begins, in which the sea-turtles are caught, and the time of the N. W. monsoon is at hand. The turtles are caught more particularly during the time of their copulation, and this begins in _abu_, occasionally in _tagai_, reaches its height in _karongo_, and finishes in _naramu-dubu_. The planting of tubers also takes place in definite months. Unfortunately the meaning of the names that do not refer to constellations is not in all cases clear. _Wapi_ in one Torres Straits dialect is said to mean ‘fish’, and the name is said to refer to the fact that this time is especially favourable for fishing, since the fish are then particularly stupid and easy to catch with the fish-spear. _Hopukoruho_ is the name of an earth-wasp: colonies of these insects dig holes in the ground. (Do they appear in particularly great numbers in this month?). _Hopu_ means ‘earth’, and _koruho_ ‘to eat’. This month is held to be especially dangerous: men are exposed to sickness and death and are bitten by serpents, the canoes suffer shipwreck. It is also expressly stated that the name of the month refers to death and burial. The sense of _abu_ is quite uncertain. _Abu_ means ‘ford’ in a creek: the name may perhaps refer to the beginning of the transition to the period of the following monsoon. (Or does it refer to the fact that the fords at the end of the dry season are particularly easy to pass?). The sense of _goibaru_ is also quite uncertain, even, as it appears, among the natives. (No statement as to the meaning of _karubuti_ is given). _Karongo_, according to the meaning of the word, is said to refer to the transition from _hurama_ to _uro_. _Koidjugubo_ means ‘great constellation’.