Compare and contrast the British colonization of Australia with the British colonization of South Asia.

Early in the story when tom finds an indian skull in the woods which he kicks in temper. the devil then makes his appearance and, as tom surveys him, he notices that the devil is neither "negro" nor "indian." in fact, he has a "swarthy" complexion and is "begrimed with soot."

Environmental factors

The answer is  pressure from overlying rock transforms organic matter into liquid form.