REV. D. J. GARLAND, of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (Church of England), makes an interesting report of the people of Northwest Australia, from which we take the following extract:— "It will help you to realize something of our Nor'west when I tell you that it is larger than Queensland, and not settled in anything like the same degree. Over all this area tribes of natives are scattered, who have never been enumerated, though they are estimated at tens of thousands, and the majority of whom have never even seen a white man. In physique our Nor'westers are superior to the average Australian aboriginal, being well built, stalwart, and picturesque in appearance. When, driving far inland, I first met natives stalking along naked, swinging their spears as they went, I was much impressed by their fine appearance—an impression which further acquaintance never lessened. "Their intelligence is also of a high order for aborigines, as they possess a greater aptitude for learning, for adapting themselves to circumstances, for acquiring the English language, and for making themselves good and useful servants, than is usually the case with our natives in other colonies. "In the old days cannibalism was and still is practiced beyond civilization. Their mourning for the dead is pathetic. I have come across a woman lying upon a grave keening most weirdly. This she continues for hours, and all the relatives of a deceased paint their faces white for a year. As to religion, it cannot be said that they have any, or, if they have, they conceal the fact. True, they believe and tell you that the jingees, or spirits, walk about, and will not mention the name of a dead relative lest he might hear. But it by no means follows that they are devoid of religious or moral instincts capable of development. I found that an adaptation of the old argument from design was thoroughly grasped by an intelligent native, who was able to realize that the earth and mankind were made by a superior Being, and good or bad behavior in this life would make all the difference in the future life."