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.
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