410 KEV. JOHX MATHEW. 



cruelty, ;ur..r(liiio- to tlie trilje. The iuitmUon to iiianlin,., 





■tl.-i:..,,,. important ami solemn part'of the cemnouy was 





I. .■<.l. 'I'lie natives had the greatest reluctance to admit 



Kuru] 







■UK-e .,iH ,d.ould\.. pVeJent aVtlur'arge circle he^'wouUlubUally 



hv h1)- 



.oU.t.-ly torhidden to appioach the more secret place. Almost 



('\ery 





itsetf. 



The neophyte wal gvnelX'' req'urrecrto'keep'serious and 



Mill, ; 



.11 IcNilv bein- strictly prohilnted : he was sometimes ol,liged 





•. ,no ^ariolls d«.s i^e. were emph>yed to test his courage. 





• •' d had been .uccessfuUy submitted to he was eligible 





■ i,.^. At the rite of initiation a chip of wood like the 





i.-i. r uas called into re(iuisition, as were also the sacred 



' Mu 



Tilaii..,,. ,.f M.me Ui.i.l or some cutting of the fiesh are every" 



wheu 



■ pi.i. ; -i. Tl,. .,. N ,, V ssith different tribes. Piercing the 



soi.tui 





Circu 



inu.i.M.uT the y, urn, men prevails in the central /.me fnmi 



for it 



is'unknouri iWi'e"".'.^ "bsen ed l)v t he aboi-iirin.d ^ "V^^'^!^^^' 



Un-la, 



Neu S,',uth Walel, and th.'^'. !' 'r '', p uTl.f ( >n ' ' i' ^i.u.'l t.-'Ui 



the C 



-ast inward. The ab.en<. ,.t .; m 1 ,, i i~ , ...nk ..f the 



indigf 



■nes. (Jf the inhabitant, of .^un..,t.,, M,,. .d. n ^.. v ^. -The 



boys : 





tlie si 



jcthaml tenth year."'' Jn dealing with Au.M.aban ai t and 



religi. 



.n, positive demonstration ^^ill l,e given of Snmatran intc- 



coui-sc 



• and intluence, and the perplexing question a. to rlu on-m 



of cirt 

 Betxs* 



north- 



•umci.ion in Australia, is m.u T think, .atisfactoriK ..ttlcl. 

 b<. . ,,m1> ' nd "„p"„Ik"i? <[\ !."',l'dm' nV. I'i'' p.'e^ al' .n '■ -'*' t''^' 



