. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. gun withgreat exactness. There was a representation of a herd of cattle feed-ing, of some of the animals being speared by the blacks, who then wentthrough the motions of skinning andcutting up the slaughtered movements of the kangaroo,emu, and other animals were imi-tated, and so were those of the pig,the bear, and the opossum. At the e
. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. gun withgreat exactness. There was a representation of a herd of cattle feed-ing, of some of the animals being speared by the blacks, who then wentthrough the motions of skinning andcutting up the slaughtered movements of the kangaroo,emu, and other animals were imi-tated, and so were those of the pig,the bear, and the opossum. At the end of the dance wewent to our camp accompanied bythe natives, who were to receivepayment for the performance. Af-ter their departure we sat aroundthe fire for a while listening to cor-rorobee stories, and then retired toour blankets and to sleep. Ourdreams were filled with pictures ofyelling and gyrating natives, and al-together neither Fi-ed nor mvself felt much refreshed when we rose inthe morning; but we were all right in an hour or so, and shall alwaysremember our adventure among the Australian blacks. We heard some curious stories about their customs, particularly ofthe way the men get their v/ives. Marriage as understood among civil-28. NEAR THE CAMP. 434 .THE BOY TEAVELLERS IN AUSTRALASIA. ized peoj)le is unknown among the Australian blacks. Fathers disposeof their daughters as they would of sheep or cattle; and if the father bedead, the right falls to the nearest male relative. A man with a daugh-ter of marriageable age arranges to dispose of her, and when the jDriceis agreed upon she is called forward and told that her husband wantsher. She may never have seen him before, or seen him only to detesthim; if she cries and protests, the father exercises his authority by prod-ding her with a spear or striking her with a club, and he often winds up
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