that occasion, they had either gorged themselves to ex cess, or were influenced by the presence of the numerous white people who surrounded them. At any rate, they exhibited no very formidable dexterity in the use of the spear, for few of them struck the target at the distance of thirty yards; and the boomerang, used with such singu lar dexterity by the “ black fellows” of New South Wales, is unknown to those of South Australia. It appeared to me, that a hundred Europeans with muskets and ammu nition could protect themselves against thousands of New Hollanders; and that a British regiment could conquer the whole continent of Australia, as the legions of Julius Caesar overcame the scattered and barbarous tribes of ancient Europe. Having ascertained from King Jack, the chief of the Adelaide tribe—a very intelligent personage, that a grand corrobory was to be held in a day or two, I resolved to witness it. To King Jack I had been introduced a few days previously, as he sat sunning himself at the foot of a gum-tree, surrounded by his four gins (wives), and their numerous offspring. On that occasion he rose, and, as a token of respect to a stranger to whom he was then intro duced for the first time, he put on his pantaloons, which till then he wore gracefully over his shoulders, like a shawl. Being a favourite at Government House, he had recently been appointed to the office of constable, to which was afterwards added that of postman between Adelaide and the port. King Jack was therefore a man of some consequence, and, like all those individuals^among savage races who hold the distinction of chiefdom, he was pos sessed of great muscular strength, and a sagacity superior to that of his fellows.