VOYAGE 



OF 



H. M. S. RATTLESNAKE. 



CHAPTER I. 



KISTEIBUTIOK' OF ABORIGIKAL TRIBES Or CAPE TOEK AND 

 TORRES STRAIT— MODE OE WARFARE ILLUSTRATED — THEIR 

 SOCIAL CONDITION — TREATMENT OE THE WOMEN — PRETA- 

 LENCE OP INFANTICIDE — EDUCATION OF A CHILD — MODE OF 

 SCARIFYING THE BODY — INITIATION TO MANHOOD — THEIR 



CANOES, WEAPONS, AND HUTS DRESS OF THE WOMEN — 



FOOD OE THE NATIVES — MODE OF FISHING— CAPTURE OF 

 THE TURTLE AND DUGONG DESCRIBED — YAMS AND MODE 

 OE CULTURE— EDIBLE ROOTS, FRUITS, ETC. — NO RECOG- 

 NISED CHIEFTAINSHIP — LAWS REGARDING PROPERTY IN 

 LAND — BELIEF IN TRANSMIGRATION OE SOULS— THEIR 

 TRADITIONS— DISEASES AND MODES OF TREATMENT — BURIAL 

 CEREMONIES. 



There are at least five distinct tribes of natives 

 inhabiting" the neig-hbourhood of Cape York. The 

 Gudang- people possess the immediate vicinity of the 

 Cape : the Yag-ulles* stretch along- the coast to the 



* This is the tribe concerned in the murder of the unfortunate 

 Kennedy. The circumstances were related by some of the 

 YaguUes to an old woman at Cape York of the name of Baki, 

 who, when questioned upon the subject through Gi'om, partially 



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