Australia Its History And Present Condition Containing An Accou
Chapter 3
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Comparative advantages of Europeans over Savages--Degraded condition of Natives of New Holland--Total absence of Clothing--Love of Ornaments--Peculiar Rites--Ceremony of knocking out a Tooth--Hardships of Savage Life--Revengeful Spirit--Effect of Native Songs in exciting Anger--Cruelty--Courage--Indifference to accounts of Civilized Life-- Contempt of its ways--Treatment of Women--Family Names, and Crests-- Language--Music.