CHAPTER II.

_AMONG THE ABORIGINES._

A Fire-Water Festival 47 At Tea with the Aborigines 48 “Black Fellow all Gone!” 50 The Poison-Gift of Civilization 51 The “Scattering” of the Blacks 52 The “Brute-in-human-shape” Theory 54 The Testimony of Nora 55 Nathaniel Pepper and their “Gods” 57 Smooth Stone Idols 58 Rites and Ceremonies 59 “Too Much Devil-Devil” 60 The Quest for Idols 61 Visit to Nora in the Camp 63 Independent Testimonies 65 Nora’s own Letters 68 The Aborigines in Settlements 71