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Among Cannibals: An Account of Four Years' Travels in Australia and of Camp Life With the Aborigines of Queensland

Chapter 42: INDEX
By Carl Lumholtz
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This work recounts the author's four-year journey through Australia, focusing on his experiences with the indigenous Aboriginal communities in Queensland. It details his arrival in various cities, including Adelaide and Melbourne, and provides observations on the local culture, flora, and fauna, including the tallest trees and common mammals. The narrative emphasizes the author's interactions with the Aboriginal people, their customs, and camp life, while also reflecting on the broader landscape and environment of Australia. The text combines elements of adventure, anthropology, and travel writing, offering insights into both the natural world and the human experience in this unique region.

INDEX

  • Aborigines, two types of, 129;
    • characteristic feature, 130;
    • sight of, 143;
    • appearance, 181;
    • aquiline noses, 130;
    • results of civilisation, 182, 348;
    • class divisions, 199;
    • description, 260, 270;
    • estimate of white man, 292;
    • doomed, 348.
  • Acacia, fragrans, 2;
    • bidwillii 25;
    • salicina, 25;
    • harpophylla, 33;
    • excelsa, 49;
    • pendula (myall), 49, 76.
  • Acrobates pygmæa, 380.
  • Acrocephalus australis, 21.
  • Adelaide, city of, 5.
  • Ælurædus maculosus, 96.
  • Æpyornis maximus, fossil egg of, 6.
  • Alcyone azurea, 150.
  • Alpinia cærulea, 296.
  • Amphibia, 384.
  • Andropogon contortus (spear-grass), 23.
  • Anseranas melanoleuca, 383.
  • Ants, white, 19;
  • Araucaria, bidwillii (bunya-bunya), 21, 372;
    • cunninghamii, 372.
  • Arrowroot, 74.
  • Artamus sordidus (wood-swallow), 28.
  • Artesian wells, 40.
  • Asters, Queensland, 51.
  • A strange household, 81.
  • Astrebla elymoides, 37.
  • Astur radiatus, 329.
  • Australian whites, 29, 315 passim;
  • Bailey, F. M. (on mosses), 374.
  • Ballarat, 8.
  • “Balnglan,” a dingo, 180, 223, 226, 241;
    • death of, 267.
  • Bandicoot (Paramelidæ), 27, 73, 92.
  • Baobab, 374.
  • Barcoo, river, 39;
    • rot, 58.
  • Basaltic table-land, Leichhardt’s, 104.
  • Basket, 193–195 passim.
  • Batatas edulis, 78.
  • Bats, 19.
  • Bauhinia hookerii, 25.
  • Bear, native (Phascolarctus cinereus), 9.
  • Bee, European, 29;
    • Australian, 142.
  • Beef, 36.
  • Beliander, 58.
  • Bellenden Kerr Hills, 102.
  • Bendi, weapon, 332–334.
  • Bird of paradise, 302.
  • Blacks of Herbert river, 72;
    • civilised, 76;
    • appearance of, 77;
    • festival, 84;
    • agility, 89, 96;
    • keen sight, 95;
    • money valueless, 106;
    • only cult, 136;
    • absence of clothing, 169;
    • of medicines, 183;
    • depredations, 221;
    • cruelty (women), 222;
    • greatest delicacy, 271;
    • myths unknown, 282;
    • cannibalism, 287;
    • lazy, 290.
  • Blankets, 264.
  • Bledensbourne, 53.
  • Bolboceras rhinoceros, 329.
  • Boomerang, 49;
    • origin of, 52;
    • Indian, S.E., 52;
    • Assyrian and Egyptian use of, 51.
  • Boongary, 102;
  • Bora ceremonies, 136.
  • Borboby, a meeting for duels, 119, 127.
  • Borrogo, a small marsupial, 207.
  • Bottle-tree, 33, 35.
  • Boundary-rider, 57.
  • Bower-birds, 28, 139.
  • Box-tree (Eucalyptus), 25.
  • Boyma (Bhaiamé), a supreme Being, 283.
  • Bread-fruit tree, 79.
  • Brigalow-scrub, 33, 37, 52.
  • Brisbane, 16.
  • Brow-band, 121, 331.
  • Brown, Robert, botanist, 369.
  • Bunjup, an evil spirit, 202.
  • Buprestidæ (beetles), 329, 385.
  • Burial customs, 275.
  • Burnett salmon (barramunda), 385.
  • Bush costume, 19;
    • men, 58–60.
  • Butcher-bird, 94.
  • Butterflies, 151, 385.
  • Cabbage, 79.
  • Cacatua roseicapilla, 35.
  • Cajeput oil, 24.
  • Calamus australis, 89, 103.
  • Calladium, 21.
  • Callistemon lanceolatum, 26.
  • Calliungal, town, 30.
  • Callornis metallica, 96.
  • Camping out, 32.
  • Camps, Herbert river hills, 148;
    • cave, 153;
    • hills in rain, 168 seq.;
    • with unpleasant bedfellow, 185 seq.;
    • no supper, 209–211.
  • Cannibalism, 101, 134, 176, 254, 273;
    • in Burma, 274.
  • Canning meat, Rockhampton, 16.
  • Canoona Diggings, oldest gold mine, 323.
  • Capparis nobilis, 25.
  • Cardamom-tree, 96.
  • Cardwell, town, 66, 250, 263.
  • Carpentaria, Gulf of, natives of, 273.
  • Carrots, 79.
  • Casuarina, 33 passim.
  • Casuarius australis (cassowary), 99.
  • Cat, native, 27;
    • bird, 96.
  • Cattle, alarmed, 84;
    • farmers, 35.
  • Cedar, red (Cedrela), 67.
  • Centropus, 94.
  • Ceratodus forsteri, 385.
  • Ceyx pusilla, 97.
  • Charters Towers, gold beds, 65.
  • Child-birth, 134.
  • Children, black, 192.
  • Chinaman, a native, 147;
    • wife, 163;
    • treachery, 167;
    • greediness, 173;
    • rascality, 185;
    • reappearance, 231.
  • Chinese hated, 36.
  • Chivalry, 170.
  • Chlamydodera maculata, 28.
  • Chlamydosaurus kingii, 376, 384.
  • Christmas in the bush, 207.
  • Cicada aurora, 222.
  • Cicada, evil spirit, 202;
    • humming, 217.
  • Cinchona, 74.
  • Clay pipes, 107.
  • Cleveland Bay, 65.
  • Climate, tropical, 19;
    • cold nights, 56;
    • Christmas hot, 57.
  • Cloncurry, copper, 44.
  • Club (nolla-nolla), 72 seq.
  • Coal, 74, 366.
  • Cockatoo, 27;
    • red-breasted, 35;
    • numerous, 57.
  • Cocoa-nut, 21;
    • palm, 79.
  • Cod, black-fish, 27.
  • Coffee, 73.
  • Coleoptera, 153;
  • Colocasia macrorhiza, 153.
  • Comet river, 33.
  • Conquat, loquat, guava, 79.
  • Coomooboolaroo, 204, 325.
  • Cordilleras, Australian, 102.
  • Cormorants, 22.
  • Costume, 106, 120, 129, 215.
  • Cracticus nigrogularis, 94.
  • Cranes, gray and blue, 22.
  • Crawfish, 151.
  • Crime, only, 126.
  • Curr, E. M., “The Australian Race,” 307 passim.
  • Customs, aboriginal, ornamental scars, 135;
    • making fire, 141;
    • breaking sticks, 141;
    • pomade and glue, 142;
    • honey water, 144;
    • rights of property, 147;
    • eating eggs, 149;
    • marriage, 164;
    • burial, 277;
    • cremation, 279.
  • Cycas media, 164.
  • Cyclestheria hislopi, 387.
  • Cygnus atratus, 1, 22.
  • Dacelo gigas, 26.
  • Dactylopsila trivirgata, 220.
  • Dalrymple Creek, 248;
  • Damper, 32.
  • Dancing, 236 seq.
  • Daphnia lumholtzii, 386.
  • Darling Downs, 21;
    • floods, 61.
  • Dasyurus, 27;
    • maculatus, 174;
    • Dasyuridæ, 80.
  • Date-palms, Queensland, 21.
  • Dawson river, 45.
  • Dee river, 30.
  • Dendrolagus lumholtzii, 102;
  • Devil, 114;
    • description of, 202.
  • Dialects. Vide Language.
  • Diamantina river, native work, heat on, 44–55.
  • Dicæum hirundinaceum, 253.
  • Diemenia, 299.
  • Digitalis purpurea, 14.
  • Dingo, 38;
  • Dinornis, 377.
  • Dipnoi, 385.
  • Diprotodon, 368.
  • Dipsas fusca, 62.
  • Dirge, 204.
  • Discoverers and Explorers, 355–359.
  • Diseases and epidemics, 181.
  • Doctor, native, 183.
  • Dog and snake, 64.
  • Doves, 96.
  • Dress, mourning, 204.
  • Drought, 37.
  • Drugs, 108.
  • Duboisia hopwoodii, 49.
  • Dugong, 315 seq.;
  • Dungeness, 66.
  • Education of children, 193.
  • Eels, Queensland, 23.
  • Elanus axillaris (kite), 220.
  • Elderslie, 44, 53.
  • Elephant sugar-cane, 63.
  • Elm-tree, 14.
  • Emus, inquisitive, 30.
  • Erysipelas, 181.
  • Erythrina vespertilio (cork), 141.
  • Eucalyptus, amygdalina, 9;
    • tereticornis, brachypoda, 24;
    • terminalis, polyanthemos, robusta. Vide Flora.
  • Eudynamis flindersii (cuckoo), 28.
  • Eurynassa australis, 93, 154.
  • Evaporation in bush, 42.
  • Expedition Range, 33.
  • Falco subniger, 57.
  • Familiarity breeds contempt, 111.
  • Fauna—fossil;
    • Wallace’s line;
    • marsupials; monotremata—why most noteworthy, 376–388 passim;
    • birds, 382–384;
    • reptiles, 384;
    • amphibia, 384;
    • fish, barramunda, 385;
    • butterflies, 385;
    • beetles, 385.
    • Entomostraca, Professor Sars on, 385–388.
  • Feast, 85.
  • Ferns, tree-, 103.
  • Fever, 57.
  • Ficus, elastica, 14;
    • platypoda, cunninghamii, 25.
  • Fig, European, 21;
  • Finch-Hatton, Mr., “Advance Australia,” 278.
  • Fire, producing, 141.
  • Fitzroy river, 16;
    • mountains, 16.
  • Fleas at Elderslie, 45.
  • Flora—peculiar, evergreen, flowering;
    • census of Eucalyptus, Proteaceæ, Acaciæ, Banksia, cone-bearers, and allies; grass-trees, baobab, ferns, mosses, 369–375 passim.
  • Food, 21;
    • eating children, 134;
    • beetles and larvæ, 154 passim;
    • pediculi, 117, 223;
    • fleas, 179;
    • grasshoppers, 187;
    • eel (high), 203;
    • mode of cooking, 296;
    • care of, 297.
  • Frogs, 19.
  • Gar-fish, 23.
  • Geese, Queensland, 22.
  • Gentleman, black, 84.
  • Geology—mountain and river systems, primitive rock, coal-bearing strata, fossils, “desert sandstone,” volcanoes, gold, 366–368.
  • Georgina river, 128;
    • romance of, 213.
  • Gidya-scrub, 37.
  • Gold, passim;
    • annual production, 9;
    • region, 253;
    • mount, 324.
  • Gould, 23, 171.
  • Gracemere, residence in, 17, 20, 21;
    • flora and fauna, 24;
    • landscape, 26;
    • return to, 61;
    • snake story, 61.
  • Grallina picata, 94.
  • Granadilla, and fruit, 79.
  • Grauan, jungle-hen, 149.
  • Great Dividing Range, 34, 102 passim.
  • Greenshank, 56.
  • Grogoragally, son of the Supreme, 283.
  • Guana, 79.
  • Gum-tree. Vide Eucalyptus.
  • Hair, cutter, 108;
    • quality, quantity of, 131.
  • Handicraft, 331.
  • Harpoon, 317.
  • Hawks in Queensland, 62.
  • Heaven and hell, 283.
  • Helix cunninghamii, 27.
  • Hemibelideus, a new sub-genus, 196.
  • Herbert river, passim;
    • nets, 94.
  • Herbert Vale, 65–74;
    • quarters, 76;
    • abandoned for cattle station, 78;
    • keeper and Kanaka at, 80;
    • bill of fare, 81;
    • cook, 80 seq.;
    • farewell, 302.
  • Hinchinbrook Island, 67.
  • Historical Outline—before discovery, Discoverers and Explorers, colonisation, 353–365.
  • Holloway’s pills, 280.
  • Home life among natives, 191.
  • Honey, 194, 195 passim.
  • Hoplocephalus, 62.
  • Hornets, 38.
  • Horse-racing, 7.
  • Houses, North Queensland, 79.
  • Humour, native, 239, 291.
  • Husband, duties of, 161.
  • Hyla cærulea, 18.
  • Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, rare, 114.
  • Idolatry non-existent, 129.
  • Iguana, 53.
  • Imitative faculty, 291.
  • Infant colour, 132.
  • Inoceramus maximus, 367.
  • Irichosurus vulpecula, 11, 19, 221, 232.
  • Irish shepherd, a type, 40.
  • Isis Downs station, 57;
    • liquor-dealer, 60, 61.
  • Itaka, ornamental tufts, 238.
  • Jabiru (yabiru), 96.
  • Jacaranda, Brazil, 21.
  • Jackass, laughing, a kingfisher, 26, 382.
  • Jacky, native attendant, 77, 92;
    • his full dress, 120;
    • at contest, 125;
    • story-teller, 256;
    • inciting to murder, 290.
  • Jimmy, a native, a murderer, 245–251, 254;
    • portrait of, 255;
    • scene of crime, 261.
  • Jungle-hens, 96;
    • mound-builders, 97.
  • Kadjera, poisonous palm, 164.
  • Kāmin, climbing instrument, 89.
  • Kanaka, 64;
  • Kangaroo Island, 2.
  • Kangaroo, larger, 29;
    • hunt, 33;
    • hard to kill, 180;
    • tree-kangaroo, see Dendrolagus lumholtzii;
    • rat, 11, 27, 29;
    • size, 327;
    • nature and nutrition of young, 379;
    • strength and boldness, 327, 328.
  • Kassik, a pack-horse, 74, 138, 289;
  • Kélanmi, native girl, story of, 233 seq.
  • Kidneys, eating the human, 272.
  • Kingfisher, 97;
    • racket-tail, 97;
    • blue and red, 150;
    • all over the world, 382.
  • Kings appointed by squatters, 336 seq.
  • Kissing unknown, 213.
  • Kite, 43;
    • noticeable, 57.
  • Koraddan, a fruit, 165
  • Korroboree, 41, 237.
  • Kusso and kamala, Abyssinian cure for tape-worm, 153.
  • Kvingan, evil spirit, 201, 205.
  • Ladies, white, 8;
    • in the bush, 322 seq.
  • Lagoons, Valley of, 243;
    • origin of name, 253.
  • Lagorchestes conspicillatus (rat), 29.
  • Landscape, Australian, breathes melancholy, 209.
  • Languages, all closely allied, 304;
    • comparative words for eye, 305;
    • numerals, 306, 309;
    • personal pronouns, 306;
    • common peculiarities, 306;
    • grammar, 307;
    • origin, 307;
    • comparative syntax, 307;
    • brevity of expression, 308;
    • suffix go, 308;
    • proper names, 309;
    • named from negatives, one from affirmative, Langue d’oc et oyl, 310;
    • comparative table, 311;
    • words from Herbert river, 312, 313.
  • Larvæ, edible, in acacia, 153, 154 passim.
  • Lathrodectus scelio (spider), 39.
  • Lava, 253.
  • Leaves as toy-boomerangs, 52.
  • Lemons, antidote to tick-bites, 266.
  • Leucopathia acquisita, 99.
  • Liberality of Gongola, 180;
    • of hunter, 198.
  • Livistonia, 103, 150.
  • Lizard, 27, 384.
  • Loquat, 79.
  • Lotus-bird, 22.
  • Love among natives, 213.
  • Lung-fish (Ceratodus forsteri), 385.
  • Mackay river, 63.
  • M‘Leay’s Museum, Sydney, 14.
  • Macropus, dorsalis, 29;
    • giganteus, 29.
  • Magpie, Australian, 33.
  • Mango, 21.
  • Mangola-Maggi, a native, 258, 287.
  • Mangoran, a study, 112;
    • danger from, 288 seq.
  • Marriage ceremonies, 212, 213.
  • Marsilea (nardu), 41.
  • Marsupials, destructive to grass, 29;
    • smallest, 43.
  • Mat as clothing, 169.
  • Matrimony in Queensland, 60.
  • Megaloprepia magnifica, 214.
  • Megapodius tumulus, 149. Vide Fauna.
  • Melaleuca leucadendron, 24.
  • Melbourne, 5;
    • climate, 8;
    • Queen of the South, 12.
  • Melodies, native, 41, 156–158.
  • Message sticks, 303, 304.
  • Miasma, 261.
  • Migration of souls, 279, 282.
  • Mika-operation, 47.
  • Miklucho-Maclay, Baron, 47.
  • Milk, rarely used in bush, 36, 57;
    • a luxury, 88.
  • Minnie Downs, 31, 35;
    • farewell to, 61.
  • Mitchell-grass, 37.
  • Mólle-Mólle, a native tragedy, 246.
  • Mongan, a mammal, 172, 215.
  • Monsoons, 102.
  • Moogeegally, half human, half divine, 283.
  • Morbora, a native, 286.
  • “More pork,” 32.
  • Morelia variegata, 294.
  • Moreton Bay, 16.
  • Mosquito-nets, 56.
  • Mosses, note on, 374, 375.
  • Mound-builder, 97.
  • Mount Morgan, gold, 324.
  • Mountains, Blue, 15;
    • Coast; 101, 102, 116, 140;
    • Great Dividing Range, 34, 102;
    • Cordilleras, 102;
    • Sea-View Range, 121, 180;
    • annoyance from leeches, 265.
  • Mourning, signs of, 203.
  • Mueller, Baron F. von, 9. Vide Flora.
  • Mullagan, black giant, 129.
  • Mullet, fresh-water, 23.
  • Mummy, 278.
  • Murder, punishment of, 45.
  • Murrumbidgee, 129.
  • Mūrŭp (revenant), 279.
  • Music, vocal and instrumental, 156, 236.
  • Musical instruments, 157.
  • Myall, savage blacks, or Acacia pendula, 49, 76.
  • Mycteria australis, 96.
  • Mygnimia australasiæ (hornet), 38.
  • Myths, South Australia, 282.
  • Nardu, 41.
  • Natives (Diamantina river), 44;
    • slaughter of, 53;
    • study of, 80;
    • mark of distinction, 84;
    • traits, 100;
    • cannibals, 101;
    • instinct for locality, 108;
    • terror of firearms, 108;
    • insensibility to cold, 111, 114;
    • contest, 119;
    • idea of number, 129;
    • two types of, 129;
    • voices of, 135;
    • comprehension of pictures, 154;
    • disposition of, 158;
    • occupations of, 177;
    • burial customs, 277;
    • keenness of sight, 295;
    • snake cooking, 296.
  • Natives, in original condition, 104;
    • food, 106;
    • terror of darkness and devil, 114;
    • acute sense of smell, 114;
    • agility, 115;
    • morning toilet, 116;
    • height, 129;
    • dread of rain, 140;
    • as woodcutters, 148;
    • friendliness, 180.
  • Nelly, the cook, 80, 178;
    • hunting, 222;
    • change in, 269;
    • bloodthirsty, 290.
  • Nelumbium speciosum, 25.
  • Nephrurus asper, 329.
  • Ngalloa, rare animal, 220.
  • Nilgora, typical savage, 223, 241, 242.
  • Nocuous grasses, 23, 43.
  • Nogoa river, 34.
  • Nolla-nolla, club, 72, 122.
  • Norseman cold in Australia, 30.
  • Norwegian scheme, 8.
  • Nuphar luteum, 14.
  • Opals, 44.
  • Opium, abuse of, 338.
  • Opossum, 11, 91;
  • Orange-groves, Parramatta river, 15;
    • trees, Queensland, 21;
    • moth, 28;
    • orchards, 79.
  • Ornaments, personal, of natives, 135–137, 238.
  • Ornithorhynchus, killed, 214;
    • swimming, 253.
  • Orthonyx spaldingii, 155.
  • Orthoptera, 73, 151.
  • Otĕro, and other relationships, 199;
    • ingratitude of Yanki’s, 209.
  • Palm, lawyer, home of, 152, 172;
  • Pandanus, 95.
  • Pantomime, primitive, 239.
  • Papillæ mammæ cut off, 135.
  • Papyrus, Egyptian, 21.
  • Parasites and epiphytes, 25.
  • Parra gallinacea, 22.
  • Parramatta river, 15.
  • Parrot, affection of, 34;
    • scarce, 94.
  • Pasturage, 37.
  • Peak Downs, 29, 45.
  • Peculiar smell of natives, 135.
  • Pediculi, 117.
  • Pelargonium, Queensland, 21.
  • Pelicans, Queensland, 22.
  • Perch, Queensland, 23.
  • Petauroides, volans, 91, 181;
    • breviceps, 208.
  • Phalanger, flying, 90.
  • Phascolarctus cinereus, 9.
  • Phascologale minutissima, 43, 44, 294.
  • Phragmites communis, 23.
  • Phrictis crassipes, 38.
  • Pickle-bottle, a native, 112;
    • obstinacy of, 138.
  • Pigeon, Diamantina river, 43;
    • Torres Strait, 96;
    • rare, North Queensland, 208;
    • king, 214.
  • Pike, gar-fish, 23.
  • Pimelea hæmatostachya, 29.
  • Pine-apple, Queensland, 21.
  • Pipes, 113;
    • holders for, 130.
  • Pitta strepitans, 27.
  • Pituri, 49.
  • Platycercus pulcherrimus, 34;
    • nest of, 327.
  • Platypus, 30.
  • Pleuro-pneumonia, 88.
  • Plotus, 22.
  • Podargus cuvierii, 32.
  • Poisons unknown, 174.
  • Police, native mounted, 46, 49;
    • cruelty of, 54;
    • native sergeant of, 251.
  • Pork, aversion to, 225.
  • Precarious position of author, 289 seq.
  • Preparation of food, 296.
  • Primitive tribe, a, 191.
  • Protector of the blacks, 73;
    • murdered, 262.
  • Pseudechis, black snake, 64.
  • Pseudochirus, archeri, 152, 173, 266;
  • Ptiloris victoriæ, 171.
  • Ptychosperma cunninghamii, 171.
  • Punishment, 126.
  • Python, Australian, 294.
  • Quandang-tree, 70.
  • Queensland, proportion of men to women, 59;
    • dialect of white children, 8;
    • East, 16;
    • precious metals, 44;
    • native mounted police, 46;
    • climate, 19, 57;
    • Central, 21;
    • sugar, 64;
    • natives, 68, 69;
    • Northern, blacks of, 11;
    • Western (dew), 33, 35;
    • farewell to, 61;
    • Queen’s Hotel, Townsville, 65.
  • Quinine, 74.
  • Rain in bush, 169, 312.
  • Rats, plague of, 43;
    • method of catching, 73.
  • Rape of the Sabines, 184.
  • Religion, 339.
  • Respect for old women, 200.
  • Rice, 74.
  • Rifle-bird, 171.
  • Ring-barking, 9.
  • Rivers, Yarra, 9;
    • Parramatta, 15;
    • Fitzroy, 16;
    • Brisbane, 16;
    • Burnett, 21;
    • Dee, 30;
    • Nogoa, 34;
    • Thompson, 40;
    • Dawson, 45;
    • Diamantina, 55;
    • Mackay, 63;
    • Boulya, 128;
    • Murrumbidgee, 129;
    • Murray, tribes on the, 284;
    • Herbert River and Vale, 66 seq.
  • Rockhampton, 16;
    • botanical gardens, 17;
    • flora and fauna, 24;
    • drunkards in, 57;
    • return to, 61.
  • Rock-wallabies, 253.
  • Sacrifices unknown, 284.
  • Sandy blight, 57.
  • Scenery, passim; Herbert river, 74, 315.
  • Scenopæus dentirostris (bower-bird), 139.
  • Screw-palm, 95.
  • Scrub, 37, 96, 102, 289;
    • stillness, 294;
    • clad mountain-tops, 302.
  • Scythrops novæ-hollandiæ, 97.
  • Sequoia wellingtonia, 9.
  • Serpent adventure, 299.
  • Sheep farmers, 35.
  • Silver, 44.
  • Skulls, 259;
    • measurements, 260.
  • Slaughter day, 85.
  • Smell of land, 2.
  • Sminthopsis virginiæ, 252, 294.
  • Snakes, 61, 62, 64;
    • hunting, as food, cooking, sharing, flesh-flavour, 294 seq.
  • Snake-birds, 22.
  • Snake bites, treatment of, 183, 298.
  • Soap, natives fond of, 291.
  • Spear-grass, 23.
  • Spearmen, 92.
  • Specimens, packing and conveying of, 300.
  • Spider paralysed by hornet, 38.
  • Springsure, Kangaroo hunt near, 33.
  • Spruce, Australian, 21.
  • Squatter’s homestead, 59.
  • Squirrel, flying, 90.
  • Starling, glossy, 96.
  • Station, description of a, 36;
    • korroboree at Westlands, 41.
  • Stigmodera (beetle), 220.
  • Stinging-tree, 152.
  • Stock, Queensland, 21;
  • Sugar, 64;
    • a necessary, 264;
    • cane, 75;
    • plantation, 301.
  • Suttungo, tobacco, 113.
  • Swamp-pheasant, 94.
  • Sweet-potato, 78.
  • Talegalla, 73, 97;
  • Talgoro, 188, 271.
  • Tallow, 37.
  • Tamarind, 21.
  • Tambo, town, 61.
  • Tanysiptera, 97.
  • Tattooing unknown, 137.
  • Thompson, river, 40;
    • town, 56.
  • Thor’s hammer and the boomerang, 52.
  • Throwing-stick, 93.
  • Ticks, 266.
  • Tiger, marsupial, 101.
  • Tin, 44.
  • Torilla, its host and his family, 315, 322.
  • Treachery of natives, 44, 167, 289.
  • Tree-ferns, Victoria, 11;
    • North Queensland, 151.
  • Trinity, idea and persons of a, 129, 283.
  • Triodia irritans, 43.
  • Tristiana suaveolens, 25.
  • Tobacco, 73;
  • Tobola, 99;
    • unbeaten, 217;
    • preparation of, 230.
  • Toollah, opossum, 152.
  • Topinard, Dr., on the blacks, 129.
  • Torrens, Lake, 129.
  • Totanus glottis, 56.
  • Towdala, a bird, 155.
  • Townsville, 65 passim.
  • Turkey, brush, 73.
  • Uromys, 294.
  • Veera, a fig, 208.
  • Venereal and other diseases, 182.
  • Victoria, working-class influence, 8.
  • Vine-scrub, 26.
  • Vines, Queensland, 21.
  • Vitiligo, white spots, 99.
  • Vitis climatidea, 26.
  • Vondo, a root, 207.
  • Wader, 96.
  • Wallaby, 29;
    • hunting, 91–94;
    • rock, 209;
    • feeding, 209.
  • Wardrobe, author’s, 108.
  • Water-hen, 27;
    • iguana, 155;
    • lilies, blue, 22.
  • Water, precious in bush, 39;
    • bad in the interior, 42.
  • Waverley station, Gracemere, 62.
  • Weapons, 120, 127, 332 seq.
  • Weaver-bird, 70, 96.
  • Western river, 44.
  • Westwood, 27;
    • rats at, 44.
  • Windex station, hospitality at, 43.
  • Winter, 293.
  • Winton, 56, 59.
  • Witchcraft of strangers, 298.
  • Wives, native, 163.
  • Wizards, 279;
    • producing rain, 282.
  • Women, seldom seen, 59;
    • timidity of, 91;
    • condition of, 100;
    • old, at contests, 124;
    • matrimonial changes, 127;
    • beards, 131;
    • personal appearance of, 132;
    • child-birth, 134;
    • ornamental scars improper, 137;
    • occupation of, 160;
    • greatest crime, 162;
    • patience of, 192;
    • destined from birth, 221;
    • infanticide and cannibalism among, 254, 272;
    • rough nurses, 257.
  • Wood exported from Queensland, 67.
  • Wood-swallow, 28.
  • Xanthorrhæa, 373.
  • Xylomelum pyriforme, 369.
  • Yabby, a new phalanger, 196.
  • Yamina, a monster, 201.
  • Yanki, a rare fig, 208;
    • a man’s name, 209.
  • Yarra river, 5.
  • Yarri, tiger, 101, 117, 151, 266.
  • Yokkai, a native attendant, 214;
  • Yopolo, 114.
  • York, Cape, 102.
  • Zoologists, a family of, 323 seq.