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of men feen by Admiral Byron, Captain Wallis, Mr. Bougainville;
Mr. de la Giraudais, and Mr. Du Clos Guyof, were all provided
with horfes, o f which all the families o f the Yciecina-Giinnees are
deftitute; for which very reafon they derive their name ; Ydcana-
cunnee, fignifying footmen : and as thofe obferved by Captain Cook
in his ftrft voyage, * and by feveral Dutch, ^ and French navigators,
J had ho horfes, and commonly navigated bark canoes;
the above, aflertion o f Mr. Falkner becomes more confirmed:
Neverthelefs it may be very poflible, that the inhabitants o f the
more Weftern parts o f Tierra del Fuegp, may be defcended from
fome branches o f the Key-yus, a tribe o f the Huilliches, who belong
to the nation o f the Moluches; and are rather of low future, but
broad and thick Jet. || And. really fomewhat fimilar to them were
the-few people, whom, we met with at Chriftmas Bay. W e found
them to be a fhort, fquat race, with large heads-; their colour
yellowilh brown; the features harih, the face broad, the cheekbones
high and prominent, the nofe flat, the noftrils and mouth
large, and the whole, countenance without meaning. The hair is
black and ftraight, hanging about the head in a ihocking manner;
their beards thin, and cut fhort. A ll the upper part o f the body
is>,
* Hawkefworth’S compilation, voU 2. p.
+ R e c e il dcs Voyage, pour I’Etabliffement dc la Comp, de, lr.de, OHentale,. y .<
J -Bougainville’s Voyage. .
11 Ealkner’s Defer, of Bitajonia, p.
is flout, the fhoulders and cheft broad; the belly ftraight, but v a r ie -
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not prominent; and the ferotum very long. Th e feet are by no m e n .
means proportioned to the upper parts ; for the thighs are thin and
lean, the legs bent, thé knees large, and the toes, turned inwards.
T h e y are abfolutely naked, and have only a fmall piece o f feal-
fkin hanging down and covering part o f their backs. Their women
are much o f the fame features, colour, and form as the men,
and have generally long hanging breafts, and befides the feal-fkin
on their backs, a fmall patch o f the fkin o f a bird or feal to cover
their privities. A l l have a countenance announcing nothing but
their wretchednefs. ’ Th e y feem to be good-natured, friendly and
harmlefs; but remarkably ftupid, being incapable of underftanding
any o f our figns, which, however, were very intelligible to the
nations o f the South Sea. We could obferve no other word
diftinftly, than that o f pefferai, which they frequently repeated,
in a manner to make us believe they intended to lignify that they
are friends ; and that they find a thing good. When they talked,
I particularly remarked, that their language included the r, and an
//- preceded by an Englifli th, fomething like the LI of the Welfh,
and many other lifping founds. They flunk immoderately of
train-oil, fo that we might fmell them at a diftance; and in the
fineft days, they were fhivering with cold. Human nature appears
no where in fo debafed and wretched a condition, as with thefe
miferable, forlorn, and ftupid creatures.
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