AUSTRALIA 



within man does not die with the body, but ascends to Baiame, or it may wander about 

 on the earth, or enter a wild animal or a white man. A native once quaintly expressed 

 his belief in a future state in the following words: " When black-fella tumble down, 

 he jump up all same white-fella." Numbers of white men have been recognised by the 

 blacks as their lost relatives returned from the spirit-world, and have accordingly received 

 native names! 



The late Dr. Bennett, F.R.S., mentions that on one occasion, when a European was 

 chasing a wild animal, the black who accompanied him entreated him to spare it and to take 

 it alive, as it was once "him brother"! The white man, disregarding the petition, killed the 

 animal, at which his black companion was greatly grieved, refusing to eat any of it, and 

 muttering all the while about "tumbling down him brother"! 



According to Mr. E. Palmer, a certain tribe believe that there is a place among the stars 

 whither they go after death by means of a rope! When a meteorite is seen, they say it is a 



Photo by Henry King] 



A GROUP OF NATIVE AUSTRALIANS. 



[Sydney. 

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