Moreton Bay by F.W. Mole — Read

All unconscious of the startling events leading up to their ultimate redemption, that were taking place in England, Nigel Lording and Mary Worthington continued to live with the blacks. In appearance, they were akin to the savages with whom they herded. Bearded, burnt by the sun and tanned almost black by exposure, Nigel Lording, with long hair curling to his shoulders, was accepted by the tribe that originally adopted him as some dead member returned to life; and Mary Worthington, clad in skins, barefooted, her fair skin bronzed to the hue of a copper coloured native, was also accepted by the blacks as his gin in their former existence. By means of this general belief, they were able to travel through the surrounding tribes in comparative safety. When questioned by the blacks about their previous existence and the persons whom they were supposed to represent in the flesh, it was their custom to reply that it was so long since they had died that they had forgotten even their former names. This answer was usually found to be regarded as eminently satisfactory, because the belief in reincarnation is firmly held by all the natives. Though some of the tribes through whom they passed were found to be friendly and ready to help, other tribes were often treacherous and fierce. It was only by his superior knowledge and the skill he had acquired in the use of native weapons that made him respected wherever he went among them.

By long association with the blacks, they had acquired their skill in hunting and tracking. They obtained food in abundance and lived at ease where a stranger would see and find nothing and starve to death.