53. Our New Year’s Day Picnic:
Theo and Mrs Simpkin with children in front
Miss Fershee engaged to Ted Holmes at back on right hand side.
Frank and Doug Muir (Canada
Steve Knights enjoying a joke and Bill Pape near kettle (left)
Centre Group – Harry at back with Arthur near him. Don Cunningham (Canada
55. This woman is the equivalent of our spirit mediums. She has an offering of food for the spirits in front of her & is using the egg in the nature of a crystal to divine with. She was swaying and muttering and seemed to be unconscious of the fact that we were there. She had been called in to help the chap in the next snap. Someone in the family had a terrible skin disease and the thought that the spirit of the water dragon was hungry, hence the offering. The bush is holy and the spring is in the background.
56. This chappie seemed afraid to look up when I wanted to take his photo. This snap was taken a few yards from where we had our picnic. We got out water from a wonderful spring of clear water bubbling out of ground at about 50 to 100 thousand gallons an hour. (approximate estimate) Superstitious belief is that it is the dragon’s mouth and the huge flat rock (in snap)nearby is made a natural sacrificial altar. This chap was cooking the food for the woman to offer. Part of the ceremony was to sacrifice a fowl and sprinkle its blood.
87. This shot was taken on the way to the foot of the mountain for the picnic. The bridge, like most bridges, is made of quarried strips of stone (granite). I have measured some slabs 15 ft (4 to 5 metres) in length and more.
To the right of the thicket, what looks like rocky ground is really thousands of grave stones and in the distance you can see very faintly the trees at the foot of the mountain.
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