INTRODUCTION.
No introduction to Mrs.Langloh Parker's book can be more than that superfluous 'bush' which, according to the proverb, good wine does not need.

Our knowledge of the life, manners, and customary laws of many Australian tribes has, in recent years, been vastly increased by the admirable works of Mr.Howitt, and of Messrs.

Spencer and Gillen.

But Mrs.Parker treats of a tribe which, hitherto, has hardly been mentioned by anthropologists, and she has had unexampled opportunities of study.

It is hardly possible for a scientific male observer to be intimately familiar with the women and children of a savage tribe.