NEW SOUTH WALES. QQ 



difference; that the savage godfathers, as I 

 shall call them, of New South Wales, really do 

 their duty, while the European godfathers, like 

 greater savages, let them, generally speaking, 

 take their chance in the world. 



GOVERNMENT. 



The natives live in a state of Nature au$ 

 acknowledge one authority. They are divided 

 into families, and the senior exacts compliance 

 from the rest. This was soon discovered after 

 our arrival, for when we met a family unknown 

 to us the oldest advanced to speak to us, and to 

 these old men they apply the name of (Be-anna) 

 or father, by which name they called Governor 

 Phillip, and all those, they saw our people pay 

 obedience to. When any of these elders came 

 among us, it was instantly wispered, with an 

 eagerness which drew our attention, and im- 

 pressed on our minds an idea that we beheld 

 some one of consequence. 



Each of the families into which the natives 

 are divided, have a nominal place of residence 

 though they seldom stay long there at one time, 

 and from this is derived the tribes name. 



The tribe of Cam- mer- ray, is the most power- 

 ful and numerous, obliging the others to do as 

 they like ; they are more robust than the others, 

 and it is this tribe who are the operators in ex- 

 tracting the tooth, from the natives. 



