Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-07-03

Forthcoming work upon physical geography.
by Waller Wslls:
The great island Of Australi. very for
eibly illusirates the powerful inauenee ex-
erted upon the physical and moral state o.
nan. by the conditions Of external nature.
Upon nearly al It's features As habitAhie
r~gion. there seems 20 have been 1T with
unmistakAhle distinctness the sign impress
Ct the curse q God. Unlikc almost all the
other grand divisions Of the earth. which
receive the waters and Influences Of the
ocean through interesting gulfs and bays.
this eOufrOots and rePels the SEA With an
almost snhrokca line OF stone. Through.
oct the immense extent Of its 5000 miles Of
coast. only two frs; class ha-bo-s ofFrr
refuge 70 the mariner; While destruction
threatens him along the rocky front Of CO.
rAl-reeis. or on the shifting depths Of quick
sands. Deserts q drifting sand. deserts q
shingly gravel and broken stone. alternate
with enormous lagO0ns and marshes upon Il.
surface. II has 10 lakes q aay depth or
volume; Us rivers pour from the mountains
IN tOrrents. bot swallowed up in bAys o.
sands. fal TO reach the ses. It's climate Is
marked WITH two characteristics-scorch
Aeat, intense aridity. It's rain, insernit
for wears. then swamp and desolaie the
country With their inundations. The cult-
vable and fertile districts scattered here ana
there upon the lower slopes Of the noun
tains. and along the courses Of the rivers.
are separated from one another bv wastes
80 immense and terrible. that scarrclv could
the oceAn pat a profounder obstacle be-
tween
For crossing these OF for any Of the uses
or needs % life. the aborisinrs had no ami
n.als susceptible or worthy Of doza~stica-
ton; no camel. TO dromedAry. no horse.
no donkey. no lana. no bufTalo. no zebra.
or yurgga, Or reindeer. Neither had they
the OK. or the SHEEP. or the goat. or the
YAK; nothing bot a miserable variety Of
dogs. No Wild animals a. in other COM
tries inspired the arlOr or rewarded the
tolls Of The chase; only few hopping kan
gArOOs or wary birds subsis;ed IN the land.
Here was NO grain no rice. no urillet. No
ebourra. no wheat. rye. harley or maize
There vas no cultiVable root no van. no
nanioc. no PotAfoe. no Ariichoke OF ground
MT evea. Fruit, there were none no
banana. no bread-frui;. no olive. no grape:
nothing but few rasPberries and eurr.nts
AT nan could ind there 70 live upon. vas
sh~il-ash on the shores. insects. snakes. Ex-
ards and vsnomous vrrmin in the bor..
Thew wAs no stuff Tor clothing. no cotton.
no silk-wortn. no flax. 10 6brOus root or
shrub. no tire welding = textile bark
wow What sort % a man could Nc reason
ably expect TO ind IN country in which
nature bad thus piled upon ham = mountain
Gus weight q disabiIiiiess Just such
nan a. We Go End there. The native Aus
tralian Is as much below the Congo negro
a. the Congo negro Is below the highest
type Of Caucasian manhood. HIS bo8v.
tam and lean as the carcass q a sword fsh.
srarce hides Is bones from the light. His
limbs. strung with at;enuaied muscles. re-
semSle the shanks Of an ostrich or the Arm.
Of the ape. His scalp bears no Uniform
growth OF hair. but only tufts 81 wool. each
kber standing out and twisting With a cork
screw spiral. His strength Is scarcely half
the Europeans. his endurance less than
half The Australian goes stark naked.
He has no a. o. trade be mauufae:ares
nothing save the deadly boomerang: Le
raises nothing from toe ground be- trades
and barters nothing nothing . property
20 han. Society be knows nothing Of
nothing q law. nothing q government,
Does he want q wifcs lie storms a woman
with a elub and drsgs her CT; even uoive.
are wiser in the arts q love. lie vorshin.
nothing. prays 20 nothing. not even the
devils he breads. lie has ONLY about three
hundred words 20 talk With. no word for
good. FOR evil. FOR right. h-r wronr. fer ius-
tioe. mercy. love. bet three SYNONYMS Tor
murder. + s=eA aez:z= e Ae--=l...s=
riil man sink. When without the sssv and
resistant power q moral Influences. the
heel Of an iron-temPercd ine11rable nature
- upon bis neck