But the Australian aboriginal's pictures of animals were nicely accurate in form, attitude, carriage; and he put spirit into them, and expression.

And his pictures of white people and natives were pretty nearly as good as his pictures of the other animals.

He dressed his whites in the fashion of their day, both the ladies and the gentlemen.

As an untaught wielder of the pencil it is not likely that he has had his equal among savage people.
His place in art--as to drawing, not color-work--is well up, all things considered.

His art is not to be classified with savage art at all, but on a plane two degrees above it and one degree above the lowest plane of civilized art.