[Illustration: Cover art] [Frontispiece: "'No small beast did that,' he said. 'You are lucky to be alive, Tullum.'" (Page 15.)] THE STONE AXE OF BURKAMUKK BY MARY GRANT BRUCE ILLUSTRATED BY J. MACFARLANE WARD, LOCK & CO., LTD. LONDON AND MELBOURNE 1922 FOREWORD Year by year the old black tribes are dying out, and many of their legends and beliefs are dying with them. These legends deal with the world as the blacks knew it; with the Bush animals and birds; the powers of storm, flood, fire, thunder, and magic, and the beings who they thought controlled these powers; with the sun, moon and stars; and with the life and death of men and women. Many of the old tales are savage enough, but through …
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