VOYAGE 



H. M. S. RATTLESNAKE. 



CHAPTER I. 



BISTEIBIITIOlf OF ABOEIGINAL TEIBE3 OF CAPE TOEK AND 



TOEEES STEAIT— MODE OF WAEFAEB ILLrSTEATED THEIE 



SOCIAL CONDITION— TEEATMENO? OF THE WOMEN — PEETA- 

 lENCE OF INFANTICIDE— BDrCATION OF A CHILD — MODE OP 

 SCAEIFTIN& THE BODY — INITIATION TO MANHOOD — THEIE 

 CANOES, WEAPONS, AND HITTS — DEESS OF THE WOMEN — 

 rOOD OF THE NATITES — MODE OE FISHING— CAPTTTEB OP 

 THE TrETLE AND DITGONG DBSOEIBED — TAMS AND MODE 



OB CrLTTTEE— EDIBLE BOOTS, FEUITS, ETC NO EECOG- 



NISED CHIEFTAINSHIP— LAWS EEGAEDING PEOPEETT IN 

 LAND— BELIEF IN TEANSMIGEATION OF SOULS- THEIE 

 TEADITIONS— DISEASES AND MODES OF TEEATMENT — BUEIAL 

 OEUEMONIES. 



There are at least five distinct tribes of natives 

 inhabiting the neig-hbourhood of Cape York. The 

 Gudang- people possess the immediate vicinity of the 

 Cape : the YaguUes* stretch along- the coast to the 



•» This is the tribe concerned in the murder of the unfortunate 

 Kennedy. The circumstances were related by some of the 

 Yagulles to an old woman at Cape York of the name of Baki, 

 who, when questioned upon the subject through Gi'om, partially 



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