mYIch. ance confirmed us in this opinion, and proved them iffued
from the fame flock. They were of a middle ftature, but
rather thin; their features refembled thofe of the Taheitians,
but were lefs agreeable : one of them had a beard, which
was cut to the length o f about half an inch ; the other was
■ a youth of about feventeen. They had punctures of the
fame nature with thofe ufed by the natives of the Society
and Friendly Iflands and of New Zeeland; but their whole
body, which was perfectly naked, was marked with therm
The greateft Angularity which we obferved about them was
the fize of their ears, of which the lap or extremity was
•ftretched out fo as almofl to reft-on the fhoulder, and pierce
d by a very large hole, through which four or five fingers
might be thruft with eafe. This circumftance entirely agreed
with the defeription which the ferjeant-major of Rogge-
■ wein s Ihip gives of thefe people*. Their canoe was another
curiofity, being patched up of- many pieces, each of
which was not more than four or five inches wide, and two
or three feet long. Its length might be about ten or twelve
-feet, its head and flern were railed confiderably, but its
^middle was very low. It had an outrigger or balancer
made of three flender poles, and each of the men had a
;paddle, of which the blade was likewife computed of leveral
pieces. This defeription alfo exactly correfponds with the
* See Mr. Dalrymple’s Hiftorical Colleaion, vol. II. p. 90, 9 4 , or Hiftoire
J e 1 Expedition de Trois Vaiffeaux, tome I. p. 133, a la Haye 1739.
Dutch
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Dutch account of Roggewein’s voyage, printed at Dort in
1728 *; and fufficiently proved that the Mand is very def-
titute of wood, though the contrary is afeertained in the
ferjeant-major’s relation of that voyage f .
Though we ftruck foundings oppofite the place from
" ence this canoe put off, yet in hopes of finding a better
P ace of anchorage, we ran along the coaft of the Mand
till we came m fight of its northern extremity, which we
had already feen the day before from the other fide. But
being difappointed in our expedition, we put about with a
view to return to the place which we had left. A great
number of black pillars flood along the More, many of
w ic i were elevated on platforms confiding of feveral-
ranges of ftone. We could now diftinguifii fomething re-
fembhng a human head and Moulders towards their upper
end; but the lower part appeared to be a rude ftone, without
being carved into a refemblance of the human Mape -
Sometimes we perceived two, fometimes four, and even-
ve together in a row; but fome were likewife placed by
themfelves. We faw but few plantations towards the north
end, the land being much more bluff or fteep there, than
about the middle of the Mand, and we could eafily perceive
‘ at ‘ erC WaS not a tree uPon the whole Mand, which
exceeded the height of ten feet,
* See Mr. Dalrymple’s Collection, voE II. p3g. , , r.
i Ibid, vol, II. p. 9 J . or Hiftoire, &c. vol.I. p. ,g8’
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