I am now the strongest possible advocate of a sound geographical training in schools.
On ordinary days we indulged in a variety of games, the principal one being a form of "rounders." I made a ball out of opossum skin, stuffed with the light soft bark of the paper-tree, and stitched with gut.

We used a yam-stick to strike it with.

My native women attendants often joined in the fun, and our antics provided a vast amount of amusement for the rest of the tribe.

The girls taught me cricket, and in due time I tried to induce the blacks to play the British national game, but with little success.

We made the necessary bats and stumps out of hard acacia, which I cut down with my tomahawk.