Advanced Geography . Australians. about thirty thousand in all the tribes. These are thinly scatteredaround the continent, chiefly within about two hundred miles of thecoast. The Australians are savages of very low grade. They wearbut little clothing, and tattoo the skin. One of the native weapons is the boomerang. This is a curvedstick which may be thrown in such a way that it will return to thethrower. Wooden spears and stone hatchets also are used. Kaffir Huts. Negro Children at the Paris Exposition. Most of the tribes living south ofSudan form a large branch of theblack race, known as the
Advanced Geography . Australians. about thirty thousand in all the tribes. These are thinly scatteredaround the continent, chiefly within about two hundred miles of thecoast. The Australians are savages of very low grade. They wearbut little clothing, and tattoo the skin. One of the native weapons is the boomerang. This is a curvedstick which may be thrown in such a way that it will return to thethrower. Wooden spears and stone hatchets also are used. Kaffir Huts. Negro Children at the Paris Exposition. Most of the tribes living south ofSudan form a large branch of theblack race, known as the Bantupeople. Their language does notresemble that of the Negroes ofSudan, but no other marked differ-ence has yet been discovered. The Kaffirs of southern Africa belong to the Bantubranch of the Negro race. One of the pictures on thispage shows a common form of Kaffir hut. The Negroes in some parts of Africa build houses,weave coarse cloth, and make spears, bows and of the black people raise cattle, and
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