S T EW SOUTH WALES. 



SUPERSTITION. 



That these people should be superstitious 

 must be naturally expected; they are certainly 

 superior to brutes, and all those in the raterrae- 

 diate steps from ignorance to knowledge must 

 ever be so, and perhaps there are many who 

 value their own refined knowledge, that are not 

 totally free from this weakness. The Cam- 

 mer*ray car-rah-dy (priest) who performed the 

 operation of producing the bone in the tooth- 

 drawing ceremony, would alone establish the 

 fact, but others as strong can be produced. 



A native who had been wounded by a spear 

 met with one of these conjurors before it was 

 Well, who made him believe he had still the 

 barb in his side ; however to shew his vast power, 

 he pretended to take out what was not there, 

 and sent the poor fellow away satisfied with 

 his great importance. 



One of the female natives who lived in the 

 Colony had been out and returned ill, though 

 nothing seemed to be the matter with her; but 

 she said one of the Cam-mer-ray women had 

 made water in a path, she was obliged to come 

 over, and this made her ill ; however it had 

 such an effect on her weak mind that she did 

 not recover, though Mr. White kindly bled her 

 in the arm ; but the disease which superstition 

 caused was overcome by the same weakness, 

 which was effected by her being placed on the 



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