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tribes of Southern Africa, prowling about in search of roots, and 

 hving concealed on the wild and arid plains, are sufficiently- 

 wretched. The Australian, in the simplicity of the arts of life, 

 comes nearest the Fuegian ; he can, however, boast of his 

 boomerang, his spear and throwing- stick, his method of 

 climbing trees, of tracking animals, and of hunting. Although 

 the Australian may be superior in acquirements, it by no means 

 follows that he is likewise superior in mental capacity ; 

 indeed, from what I saw of the Fuegians when on board, and 

 from what I have read of the Australians, I should think the case 

 was exactly the reverse. 



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FA], si; hokx, cape horn. 



