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Mar 10, 2023 shayes Jan 20, 2023 shayes Apr 20, 2022 State Library of New South Wales Apr 20, 2022 State Library of New South Wales	FL661381 third performance the docter being again stretched upon the supposed lifeless body, the docter & the patient [words crossed out] reanimated after a few seconds jumped up, and all the spectators men & women clapped their hands in admiration of the wonderful cure with a few shouts of joy. When I tried afterwards to convince some of our more civilized young men that probably all was merely a piece of [indecipherable] gammon - they gravely replied: "Black fellows know a great deal more than you think, but they can't tell you & they dare not tell all to other Blackfellows." I have already intimated that the demons in which they believe are in their opinion not altogether evil spirits, but beings possessed of supernatural powers both for good & evil, though chiefly objects of dread. [word crossed out] Now in these notions the Aborigines resemble other pagan natives such as the ancient Greeks, [words crossed out] to whom we are inclined to look up to as [word crossed out] civilized. It is well known that the most ancient Greeks used the term demons, afterwards applied ex- clusively to evil spirits, for supernatureal beings more or less disposed to do good & not merely evil	FL661381 third performance the docter being again stretched upon the supposed lifeless body, the docter & the patient [words crossed out] reanimated after a few seconds jumped up, and all the spectators men & women clapped their hands in admiration of the wonderful cure with a few shouts of joy. When I tried afterwards to convince some of our more civilized young men that probably all was merely a piece of [indecipherable] gammon - they gravely replied: "Black fellows know a great deal more than you think, but they can't tell you & they dare not tell all to other Blackfellows." I have already intimated that the demons in which they believe are in their opinion not altogether evil spirits, but beings possessed of supernatural powers both for good & evil, though chiefly objects of dread. [word crossed out] Now in these notions the Aborigines resemble other pagan natives such as the ancient Greeks, [words crossed out] we are inclined to look up to as [word crossed out] civilized. It is well known that the most ancient greeks used the term demons, afterwards applied ex- clusively to evil spirits, for supernatureal beings more or less disposed to do good & not merely evil

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