It has already been remarked, that the natives, on particular occasions, have dances which they perform in the day-time, which are different from others, and seem to have some connection with their ceremonial observances or superstitions.  I have only witnessed one of these.  It took place at Moorunde, in March 1844, on the occasion of a large number of distant natives coming to visit the place; and the visitors were the performers.  The Moorunde natives were seated upon the brow of a sand-bank; the strangers, consisting of two tribes, down in a hollow a little way off, among a few bushes.  When ready, they advanced in a line towards the others, dancing and singing, being painted and decorated as usual, some having tufts of feathers placed upon their heads like cockades and others carrying them in their hands tied to short sticks.  Nearly all the males carried bunches of green boughs, which they waved and shook to the time of the song.  The women were also painted, and danced in a line with the men, those of each tribe stationing themselves at opposite ends of the line.  Dancing for a while, they retired again towards the hollow, and after a short interval advanced as before, but with a person in the centre carrying a curious, rude-looking figure, raised up in the air.  This singular object consisted of a large bundle of grass and reeds bound together, enveloped in a kangaroo skin, with the flesh side outwards, and painted all over in small white circles.  From the top of this projected a thin stick, with a large tuft of feathers at the end to represent the head, and sticks were stuck out laterally from the sides for the arms, terminating in tufts of feathers stained red to represent the hands.  From the front, a small stick about six inches long was projected, ending with a thick knob, formed of grass, around which a piece of old cloth was tied.  This was painted white and represented the navel.  The figure was about eight feet long, and was evidently intended to symbolise a man.  It was kept in its elevated position by the person who carried it, and who advanced and retired with the movements of the dancers.  The position of the latter was alternately erect and crouching, whilst they sang and beat time with the green boughs.  Sometimes they stretched out their right arms simultaneously, and at other times their left, apparently for the purpose of marking the time at particular parts of the song.  After dancing for a while in this way, they again retired to the hollow, and for a few moments there was another pause; after which they again advanced as before, but without the image.  In the place of this two standards were exhibited, made of poles, about twelve feet long, and borne by two persons.  These were perfectly straight, and for the first eight feet free from boughs; above this nine branches were left upon each pole, having at their ends each a bunch of feathers of the hawk or owl.  On the top of one of the standards was a bunch of emu feathers.  The branches were stripped of all their smaller twigs and leaves, and of their bark.  They were painted white, and wound round with the white down of the black swan, twisted into a rope.  This also extended for a considerable distance down the pole, below the undermost branch.