Personal experiences and reminiscences -- The Aborigines : Encounter Bay tribe (Ramingaries) -- Shelters -- Clothing -- Weapons -- Territory Inter-tribal relations with Rapid Bay & Adelaide tribes -- Mortuary rites --European contact and attempts at acculturation -- Natives of the upper Darling (Parkengees, Wampangees and Barrengees) -- Tribal territories -- Marriage and kinship -- Vengeance -- Rain making -- Medicine man -- After death belief -- Plant foods, hunting methods for duck, pigeon and Emu, Fishing methods : infanticide, mourning, funerary rites, initiation, spirit beliefs.