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Translator's note: As I have, after some years' inauguration, acquired sufficient knowledge of some of the dialects of the Australian natives of the Geelong district to understand the import of their songs of war and love, I have translated a few, samples of their genius, and to prove that poetry is the spontaneous child of nature, which flourishes and grows amid the beautiful ranges in the wild woods. As it would edify few to write them in the original language, I shall present the translation.
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