THE REPTILES NAMED AND ARRANGED BY
J. E. GRAY, ESQ., AND THE FISH BY DR. RICHARDSON DESCRIPTION AND FIGURES
OF FOUR NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN INSECTS, BY ADAM WHITE, ESQ. M.E.S.
DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW INVERTEBRATED ANIMALS FROM AUSTRALIA, BY J. E.
GRAY, ESQ. F.R.S.
DESCRIPTION OF SOME NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS, BY EDWARD
DOUBLEDAY, ESQ. F.R.S. etc.
LIST OF BIRDS KNOWN TO INHABIT SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA, BY JOHN GOULD,
ESQ. F.R.S.
LIST OF PLATES - VOLUME I.
Tenberry, with Wife and Child, drawn by G. Hamilton
Departure of the Expedition drawn by G. Hamilton
Opossum-hunting at Gawler Plains
Native Graves
Wylie (J. Neil)
Plate I. - New Toads and Frogs
Plate II. - New Frogs and new Bat
Plate III. - New Insects
Plate IV. - New Cray-fish
Plate V. - New Shells
Plate VI. - New Butterflies
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
CHAPTER I.
THE CAMP PLUNDERED - NIGHT OF HORRORS - PROCEED ON TO THE WESTWARD - THE
BOYS FOLLOW US - THEY ARE LEFT BEHIND - FORCED MARCHES - DESERT
COUNTRY - BANKSIAS MET WITH - TRACES OF NATIVES - TERMINATION OF THE
CLIFFS - FIND WATER
CHAPTER II.
REFLECTIONS UPON SITUATION - WATCH FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE NATIVE
BOYS - THEIR PROBABLE FATE - PROCEED ON THE JOURNEY - FACILITY OF OBTAINING
WATER - KILL A HORSE FOR FOOD - SILVER-BARK TEA-TREE - INTENSE COLD - FIRST
HILLS SEEN - GOOD GRASS - APPETITE OF A NATIVE - INJURIOUS EFFECTS OF
UNWHOLESOME DIET - CHANGE IN THE CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY - GRANITE FORMS
THE LOW WATER LEVEL - TREE WASHED ON SHORE - INDISPOSITION
CHAPTER III.
HEAVY ROAD - A YOUNG KANGAROO SHOT - GRASSY COUNTRY - POINT MALCOLM - TRACES
OF ITS HAVING BEEN VISITED BY EUROPEANS - GRASS-TREES MET WITH - A KANGAROO
KILLED - CATCH FISH - GET ANOTHER KANGAROO - CRAB HUNTING - RENEW THE
JOURNEY - CASUARINAE MET WITH - CROSS THE LEVEL BANK - LOW COUNTRY BEHIND
IT - CAPE ARID - SALT WATER CREEK - XAMIA SEEN - CABBAGE TREE OF THE
SOUND - FRESH WATER LAKE - MORE SALT STREAMS - OPOSSUMS CAUGHT - FLAG REEDS
FOUND - FRESH WATER STREAMS - BOATS SEEN - MEET WITH A WHALER
CHAPTER IV.
GO ON BOARD THE MISSISSIPPI - WET WEATHER - VISIT LUCKY BAY - INTERVIEW WITH
NATIVES - WYLIE UNDERSTANDS THEIR LANGUAGE - GET THE HORSES SHOD - PREPARE
TO LEAVE THE VESSEL - KINDNESS AND LIBERALITY OF CAPTAIN ROSSITER - RENEW
JOURNEY TO THE WESTWARD - FOSSIL FORMATION STILL CONTINUES - SALT WATER
STREAMS AND LAKES - A LARGE SALT RIVER - CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER V.
LARGE WATERCOURSE - LAKE OF FRESH WATER - HEAVY RAINS - REACH MOUNT
BARREN - SALT LAKES AND STREAMS - BARREN SCRUBBY COUNTRY - RANGES BEHIND
KING GEORGE'S SOUND ARE SEEN - BRACKISH PONDS - PASS CAPE RICHE - A LARGE
SALT RIVER - CHAINS OF PONDS - GOOD LAND - HEAVILY TIMBERED COUNTRY - COLD
WEATHER - FRESH LAKE - THE CANDIUP RIVER - KING'S RIVER - EXCESSIVE
RAINS - ARRIVAL AT KING GEORGE'S SOUND, AND TERMINATION OF THE
EXPEDITION - RECEPTION OF WYLIE BY THE NATIVES
CHAPTER VI.
CONCLUDING REMARKS
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA.
CHAPTER I.
PRELIMINARY REMARKS - UNJUST OPINIONS GENERALLY ENTERTAINED OF THE
CHARACTER OF THE NATIVE - DIFFICULTIES AND DISADVANTAGES HE LABOURS UNDER
IN HIS RELATIONS WITH EUROPEANS - AGGRESSIONS AND INJURIES ON THE PART OF
THE LATTER IN GREAT DEGREE EXTENUATE HIS CRIMES
CHAPTER II.
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE - DRESS - CHARACTER - HABITS OF LIFE - MEETINGS OF
TRIBES - WARS - DANCES - SONGS
CHAPTER III.
FOOD - HOW PROCURED - HOW PREPARED - LIMITATION AS TO AGE, etc.
CHAPTER IV.
PROPERTY IN
LAND - DWELLINGS - WEAPONS - IMPLEMENTS - GOVERNMENT - CUSTOMS - SOCIAL
RELATIONS - MARRIAGE - NOMENCLATURE
CHAPTER V.
CEREMONIES AND SUPERSTITIONS - FORMS OF BURIAL - MOURNING
CUSTOMS - RELIGIOUS IDEAS - EMPIRICS, etc.
CHAPTER VI.
NUMBERS - DISEASES - CAUSE OF LIMITED POPULATION - CRIMES AGAINST
EUROPEANS - AMONGST THEMSELVES - TREATMENT OF EACH OTHER IN DISTRIBUTION OF
FOOD, etc.
CHAPTER VII.
LANGUAGE, DIALECTS, CUSTOMS, etc. - GENERAL SIMILARITY THROUGHOUT THE
CONTINENT - CAUSES OF DIFFERENCES - ROUTE BY WHICH THE NATIVES HAVE
OVERSPREAD THE COUNTRY, etc.
CHAPTER VIII.
EFFECTS OF CONTACT WITH EUROPEANS - ATTEMPTS AT IMPROVEMENT AND
CIVILIZATION - ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS - DEFECTS OF THE SYSTEM
CHAPTER IX.
SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SYSTEM ADOPTED TOWARDS THE NATIVES 458
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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES OF NATIVE ORNAMENTS, WEAPONS, IMPLEMENTS, AND
WORKS OF INDUSTRY
LIST OF PLATES. - VOL. II.
Distribution of flour at Moorunde, G. Hamilton
Arrival at King George's Sound, J. Neill
Plate I. - Native Ornaments
Kangaroo Dance of King George's Sound, J. Neill
Woodcut of a Standard used in the Dances performed by day
Plate II. Native Weapons
Plate III. Native Weapons
Plate IV. Native Implements
Plate V. Native Works of Industry
Mode of disposing of the Dead of the Lower Murray
Murray River at Moorunde
Plate VI. Miscellaneous Native Articles
1. Head of war spear of the North Coast, barbed for 3 feet, total length
9 1/2 feet.
2. Head of fish spear of the North Coast, barbed for 18 inches, total
length 8 3/4 feet.
2. Head of spear of the North Coast, barbed for 18 inches, total length
8 3/4 feet.
4. Head of war spear of the North Coast, with head of quartz, 6 inches,
total length 9 1/2 feet.
5. Head of war spear of the North Coast, with head of slate, 6 inches,
total length 9 1/2 feet.
6. Two handed sword of hard wood, North Coast, 3 1/2 feet.
7. Throwing stick of North Coast, 3 feet 1 inch.
8. Throwing stick of North Coast, very pliant, 3-16ths of an inch only
thick, 3 feet 6 inches.
9. Broad short throwing stick, 2 feet 2 inches.
10. An ornament of feathers for the neck.
11. Five Kangaroo teeth in a bunch, worn round the neck.
12. A net waistband or belt, from Murray River, 8 feet long 6 inches
wide.
13. Plume of feathers tied to thin wand, and stuck in the hair at
dances - New South Wales.
14. War club.
15. War club.
16. Bag of close net work.
17. Band for forehead of Swan's down.
18. Root end of a kind of grass, used as pins for pegging out skins.
19. Sorcerer's stick.
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