164' Manners and Customs of the Australian Natives, 



40. Achnautlies brevipes. 



4'1. Aclinanthes subsessilis. 



43. Tryblionella gracilis. 



43. Trybliouella marginata. 



44. Cj'^clotella rectangiila. 



45. Cocconema lanceolatuni. 



46. Syncclra^ three forms j Tabellariaj Cymbellaj jSTitzschia, 

 Cocconeis. 



Art. X. — Manners and Customs of the Australian Natives, 

 in particular of the Port Lincoln District. By Charles 

 WiLHELMi, Esq. 



[Read before the Royal Society, October 29, I860.] 



Although Australia, for a considerable time already, is 

 known to the world in general, very little, comj)aratiYely 

 speaking, has as yet been made known respecting the habits 

 and customs of its aboriginal inhabitants ; very few persons 

 indeed have given themselves the trouble to note doAvn what 

 they may have seen or may have been told by these children 

 of nature, in order that those who have not had such oppor- 

 tunities may be enabled to form a correct idea respecting 

 them. 



My various botanical journeys, since 1849, have necessarily 

 brought me in frequent contact with them, when it always 

 has been most interesting to me closely to watch the different 

 customs and habits of this race of mankind. 



During my two visits to Port Lincoln, I have had many 

 opportunities for making observations respecting the natives 

 there, which were the more interesting, as these people, at 

 that time, had as yet been so little interfered with by civili- 

 zation. 



To the Rev. Mr. Schurmann, however, I am most particu- 

 larly indebted for his valuable communications on this subject. 



This gentleman, in 1840, about twenty-one years ago, had 

 been appointed Protector of the aborigines of Port Lincoln, 

 and has occupied this office for nearly six years. After 



