20 AUSTRALIA AND THE AUSTRALIANS. 



Their love of reduplication is seen more in their 

 names of mountains, rivers or places than in the names 

 of persons or in common conversation. Take the 

 native names of mountains for illustration : Mittagong, 

 Tumanwong, Gullongalong, Warrawolong, Poppong, 

 Wollungong, Cunglebung, Trunbarumba, Nackie- 

 Nackie, Nurrumbidjee, Wagga-Wagga, Goonoo-Goo- 

 noo, Gooloogong. 



CHILDREN. 



When a native child is born it is as white as a 

 European child. Some writers say that it will become 

 black in about two weeks, others say they are from 

 two to eight years old before they become thoroughly 

 black. Like the men who disputed respecting the 

 color of the chameleon, both are right, I presume. 

 Little boys of five or six years sometimes have as 

 much hair on the cheeks as a European of seven- 

 teen. 



The child is usually nursed for a much longer period 

 than is done with white people. Infanticide is uni- 

 versal. Whether it is largely practised or not depends 

 altogether upon the ease or difficulty with which food 

 can be procured for the tribe. Children are not sup- 

 posed to have souls before they are five years old. 



At a very early age the child must begin to seek 



