﻿AUSTRALIAN 
  ABORIGINES. 
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  for 
  the 
  weakness 
  of 
  his 
  frame, 
  or 
  to 
  enable 
  

   him 
  to 
  maintain 
  successfully 
  the 
  struggle 
  for 
  

   existence. 
  With 
  many 
  Savages 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  hard 
  

   struggle, 
  despite 
  senses 
  of 
  sight 
  and 
  hearing 
  

   trained 
  by 
  necessity 
  so 
  as 
  almost^ 
  to 
  approach 
  

   the 
  instincts 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  animals 
  ; 
  despite 
  

   also 
  all 
  those 
  powers 
  of 
  rca 
  ; 
  which, 
  

  

  however 
  low, 
  are 
  yet 
  peculiar 
  to 
  himself, 
  and 
  

   separate 
  him, 
  as 
  is 
  confessed, 
  by 
  an 
  inr 
  ble 
  

  

  gulf 
  from 
  the 
  highest 
  of 
  the 
  beasts. 
  Manv 
  

   of 
  the 
  Aborigines 
  of 
  Australia 
  could 
  do 
  no 
  

   more 
  at 
  times 
  than 
  support 
  a 
  precarious 
  

   existence 
  by 
  scraping 
  up 
  roots, 
  and 
  eat!; 
  

   snakes 
  and 
  other 
  reptiles. 
  The 
  rotten 
  blubber 
  

   of 
  a 
  dead 
  whale 
  cast 
  upon 
  the 
  beach 
  was, 
  

   and 
  is 
  often, 
  not 
  only 
  a 
  luxury 
  and 
  a 
  feast, 
  

   but 
  deliverance 
  from 
  actual 
  starvation. 
  Sir 
  

  

  