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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER XII. 
MELVILLE ISLAND AND XORTH AUSTRALIA- 
Papuan Character of the Aboriginal Tasmantans — No WooUr- Haired 
Trihea in Australia — Doubtful Character of the Melville Islanders— 
Captain King's Survey — Interview with the Natives— Traits and 
Charaeteristica — Estaljli»hment formed on Melville Island— Lieu- 
t^natit Hoe's Account of the Nativea — Malayan Youth— Indian 
Inlanders thrown upon the Coast — Major Campbell's Descrijition of 
llie Melville Islanders— Personal Characteristics— Habits and Dia- 
positton — Character of Intercourse with the Garrison — Native 
Dread of Capturc^ — Beasom for Supposing that the Slave-Trade once 
E xist ed — Females — Weapons — Ute nsils — Domestic llabits-^Hahitu- 
tions— Food — Dialects— Burial Places — Slave-Traiic — Practice of 
Throwing Spears from the Trees — Tribes of Port Essington and 
Carpentaria — Hill Tribes of North Australia — The Islanders of 
Torres Strait— Concluding Note. . . . .188 
