During several rounds of this noise, they advance at each, a little nearer to the boys, who when they are very near, have their eyes uncovered that they may see the men approaching.

The first man who held the katto, fastens it in the ground, and all the others coming up, take hold of it, and fall down into a heap.
The boys are then thrown upon the heap of men, and the operation is performed by men who are supposed to be inspired, or sorcerers.
Immediately after the operation, the boys are taken away from the presence of all females, and kept upon a vegetable diet until recovered from its effects.

The head is covered with grease, and red ochre, with a bandage passed round it, and is ornamented with tufts of feathers.

The Yudna, or pubic covering, is worn by the circumcised for some months after the operation.
The fourth stage (Wilyaru) is entered about the age of twenty, when the back, shoulders, arms and chest, are tattooed.

He is called ngulte, at the time of the operation; yellambambettu, when the incisions have begun to discharge pus; tarkange, when the sores are just healed; mangkauitya, at the time the cuts begin to rise; and bartamu, when the scars are at their highest elevation.