make his demands upon her at intervals witli sutiiciont urgency, 

 lie may loll on her soft warm bosom at his ease without discredit 

 until luiiii,an- compels liim to stir. At light kinds of labour ho can 

 work well and if it suits his purpose he can apply himself diligently 

 for a while, but as he only has to provide for to-day he does not 

 trouble ab<jut to-morrow. He is not invariably and in every 

 respect improvident however. If he does not require to rob a 

 bees nest to satisfy present wants, he will indicate Iiis discovery 

 and assert his ownersliip by marking the tree which the nest is on, 

 and will take the Iioney at some future time. In the Bunya 

 ^louiitains in Queensland it was a connnon pi-actice when the 

 Bunyas wdi-c in season to fill netted bags with them, and bury a 

 store in the gravel of a creek-bed, to be exhumed when reciuired. 

 The blacks of Western Au^^tralia store zamia nuts by burying in 

 tlio ground, but without nets.* In these and various oth(;r ways 



plfiut, (although T have known a black to plant a ti-trec in a locality 

 where none was growing) but they reap grain and i-oots and fruits, 

 preparing them in various ways for consumption. 



Settlement by the lU■iti^^]l has usually proceeded without much 

 resistance. Tin; l)lacks lia\(' kimilv assi>.ted in their own dis- 

 possession and extenniuHLiou, guiding the aliens through their 



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