Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland; . ^2J^^^y. A YOUNG GIRL FROM MARYBOROUGH, CENTRAL QUEENSLAND. To face page 130. X CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NATIVES 131 the case with the men, although with them it is not nearlyso marked, their legs being almost straight. They areseldom bow-legged to any great extent. The feet, which asa rule are large, leave footprints that are either straight orshow the toes slightly turned outward. They have greatskill in seizing spears and similar objects with their toes, andin this w
Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland; . ^2J^^^y. A YOUNG GIRL FROM MARYBOROUGH, CENTRAL QUEENSLAND. To face page 130. X CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NATIVES 131 the case with the men, although with them it is not nearlyso marked, their legs being almost straight. They areseldom bow-legged to any great extent. The feet, which asa rule are large, leave footprints that are either straight orshow the toes slightly turned outward. They have greatskill in seizing spears and similar objects with their toes, andin this way they avoid stooping to pick up things. Though the natives are slender, they have a remarkablecontrol over their bodies. They bear themselves as ifconscious that they are the lords of creation, and onemight envy them the dignity and ease of their women carry themselves in a dignified manner, and donot look so savage as the men. The hair and beard, which are as black as pitch, areslightly curly, but not woolly, like those of the African negroI seldom saw straight hair on the blacks near Herbert river(I sho
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