Chap. VII Fate of the Aborigines
Aborigines forced to labour for the new settlers 369
Immensity of the structures erected by them 370
Slow amalgamation of the natives with the strangers 370
The worship of snakes and demons continued 370
Treatment of the aborigines by the kings 371
Their formal disqualification for high office 371
Their rebellions 371
They retire into the mountains and forests 372
Their singular habits of seclusion 372
Traces of their customs at the present day 373