m 



iHxQ iiontmhm6n of m honid mid ummttiral nil 



act. 



During a visit to the MurruuihidgOL' ami 

 Tuinat ccnintiies, as well as other parts of tlit* 

 coloBiy, 1 availed! wiyself of &my afpmtmity tty 

 ptmnte information n i> arding acts of infanticide, 

 as existing among the aborigines of tin's roniitry. 

 1 succeeded in ascertaining that iulauts were 

 fi'cqucntly destroyed : soKE€itimea tlie to^mn as- 

 signed was some personal def^t m the mfmii* 

 (wiieace we may attribute &e feet 6f a deformed 

 person being schhmi scon among native tribes,) 

 or the mother not wishing to have the trouble ol' 

 carrying it about: the female chililren were 

 moaee fN<iaently destroyed thm tanle®, I 

 heard of a weal^ a^il4<^My chiM hftfing heen 



destroyed, and (^ven eafon ; the reason given 

 iiy the unnatural parents was, that they were 

 very hungry, and tlu' rhihl ru> use uud mueh 

 trwblfti oae 3?ede«aiiing quality, however, was, 

 diat th^d%ky«4 ft $eii^ of dj^tinc when ac- 

 knowledging the ^ct, and gave the reason for 



* Tfiis ts not eonfinetl to the Australian natives, for it ^tso 

 occurs ill I'lLilyiu'sia. Spix and Martins also observes, in their 

 Travels in IJiuzil, (Eng. Trans. 8va. vol. u. p. 241.) " W e itiil 

 not mcel with any ilulbrmcU pmons or eripples. iniioii^ ilie 



ittcm to <)eatli uniutidUituly ^tfir tlioic hlhrUit'" 



