RECORD ID

3539

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2; R. Brough Smyth

AUTHOR

Not specified

, often have a marvellous etfect. They are also skilled in the art of bleeding ; they open a vein with a piece of sharp flint or shell ; they often rub and knead witli their knuckles the aifected part. For rheumatism, tliey plunge the patient into cold water. But if all their usual remedies fail, they proceed to incantations, in the hope of driving the evil spirit out. They are very superstitious. Comets are their peculiar aversion. The first night the great comet of 1842 [1843] appeared, there was dreadful commotion and consternation among the Australian tribes. A large number were en- camped close to the station where I resided,.

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1. 01spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
2. 02spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
3. 03spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
4. 04spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
5. 05spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
6. 06spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive