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Show LOW ORDER OF HUMANITY. Australian Bushmen Make Their Abodes in Nests. Travelers who have returned fioin tho heart of Africa and the Austral-nslan Austral-nslan continent tell wonderful stories of nest-building people who Inhabit the wilds of those countries. In the liUHhmen of Australia wo And, perhaps, per-haps, tho lowest order of men that Is known. They aro so primitive that they do not know enough to build even the simplest form of hut for shelter. The nearest they can approach ap-proach to It Is to gather n lot of twigs and grass and, taking them Into a thicket or Jungle, build a nest for a home. The nest Is usually built large enough for tho family, and If the latter bo very numerous then the nests aro ot a very large slzo. Sometimes the foliage above will form a natural covering, hut there Is never any ntlompl nt constructing a protection pro-tection from the rain and btorms. |