. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. G9. PEBUVIANBARK-TREE. 71. EVERGREENBEECH. lands is a very for-bidding type of the order. Tree-ferns (56) are found in tropical America; the hairs of some ferns furnish a valued styptic in the NOBTH AUSTEAIiUN. TASMANIAN. SOUTH-EAST AUSTRALIAN. BOOK V. THE INHABITANTS OF OCEANIA. CHAPTEE I. Early explorers—Tasman—Captain Cook—Foundation of the coloni
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. G9. PEBUVIANBARK-TREE. 71. EVERGREENBEECH. lands is a very for-bidding type of the order. Tree-ferns (56) are found in tropical America; the hairs of some ferns furnish a valued styptic in the NOBTH AUSTEAIiUN. TASMANIAN. SOUTH-EAST AUSTRALIAN. BOOK V. THE INHABITANTS OF OCEANIA. CHAPTEE I. Early explorers—Tasman—Captain Cook—Foundation of the colonies—The interior explored -The gold fever—Government—Large cities—Products—Railways—Religion—Lack of labour—Chinese immigration—Polynesian contract labour-Australian strength and character—Australian society—Tasmania—The Australian aborigines—Physical characters—Expressionand faculties—Treatment of women—Diet—Weapons—The boomerang—Clubs and spears —Shields—Strangling an enemy—The weet-weet—Stone implements—Canoes — Dress—Thecorroborree—Dwellings—Welcoming friends—Government—Laws and customs—War—Tribalorganisation and marriage—Capture—Children—Death and burial—Languages—Doctorsand sorcerers—The Tasmanians.
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