etc.
And these words they go on singing for an hour together, in the event of the absence of any of their relatives or friends upon a hunting or war excursion.
TRANSLATION.
Return hither, hither ho! Return hither, hither ho! The following is a very good specimen of one of their comic songs.

It is often sung by the natives in the vicinity of King George's Sound.
Mat-ta, mat-ta, Yungore bya, Mat-ta, mat-ta, Yungore bya, etc.etc.

etc.
TRANSLATION.
Oh what legs, oh what legs, The Kangaroo-rumped fellows, Oh what legs, oh what legs, etc.etc.

etc.
FUNERAL CHANT.
Nothing can awake in the breast more melancholy feelings than the funeral chants of these people.

They are sung by a whole chorus of females of all ages and the effect produced upon the bystanders by this wild music is indescribable.