Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1905 — Bushmen Dwell in Nests. [ARTICLE]

Bushmen Dwell in Nests.

Several travelers who have returned from the heart of Africa and the Australasian continent tell wonderful stories of nest-jjuilding people who inhabit the wilds of those countries. The bushmeu of Australia are, perhaps. the lowest order of men known. They are so primitive that they do not know enough to build even the simplest form of hut for shelter. The nearest they can approach to it is to gather a 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 the family, and if the latter is very numerous then the nests are of large size. Sometimes the foliage above will form a natural covering, but there is never any attempt at constructing a protection from storms.