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aboriginal tribe living out its helpless existence in the
hinterland of a native reserve. Perhaps, indeed, the
subject is worthy of a more formidable study than is
accorded it here. As Douglas Newton has pointed out:
‘The word-wide fraternity of children is the greatest of
savage tribes, and the only one which shows no sign of
dying out.’
In communities widely separated in space and time there
is a continuity and tenacity of tradition quite unknown to
written forms.
No matter how uncouth schoolchildren may outwardly
appear, they remain tradition’s warmest friends. Like the
savage, they are respecters, even venerators, of custom;
and in their self-contained community their basic lore and