i m w# )
more wonder khaki T am able f toj describe- bydnnùmerabLe. ges-‘
tiares, attibbdes.Wdngrknll-i^s^ He-magd-wly;examined it toisee
if-aby one was-behind dêg; an'ddidnot'séemdatisfied.Qfthe.Gon-f
trary$ till Imn^reweddt Tromdhe'plaiee i t , -feisâ fastened-to. Th©
soiind'î of a “small; bugle-horn bad a ver^ gifeatieffecion him, and
heiéBde^vddred, tfeÿ applyingtsit to h'is own m ou th j - ■ toi make i t
soûnd büt3viil|<mt^effeet,*which surprised, hi mwery much*. I
-fbrgot do mdnérbn >that S* had on board two natifees
called Euranabie^ and«WorOganhis wife.' Theses pleopl© were
àlsdobftetsjof his notiodt I t 'is a remarkable jèireumstfeeeband
as yet;Has-trot beenyaeeountedfor,. that thefliativp^â£a3^ew Holland,
'be th^rîem'everv.süqh good terms tfegelherf^wbsh t;fchey
me^.^ite.r*;arsepaEation-;' take- little ddmomoiioëèôfpeaeh otherj
perhaps .foiohalf an hour or moie ; making, a jjjén Her. sitting'
down with their hands ohly,df;arstrangd®<ehterst'hfhous§Ji>iiRh'i§
stranger, whom I had placed near;the; naîbi®#îipf’#yd^eÿ,'*âat 'by
them with outlaying fa, wordfof above ha-lfian rhouE$bs©ORNaftet
th e expiration ofwhich time, gréaif familiarity ifookeplace btüf
twixt themÿ; I t appeared.evidentrt© ;m è: that dnringdfciïsiàebtef
the s tran g er-s, attention. was : dir eofedtto ■thelwdm'ah,- though irkd
the rest of her country women she was, according^ ©^rfftDb&his,
far from being'possessed of any>fbeauty ;ahdwé.ver,,not only this
man, ibat in this?;placed
thaught&CfMery handsome ; nor was Tsurprixed .a-t this when I
Saw some of thqTemâles here. Net understanding-the language-I
could notvléarn tp© ^subjects of. th©%utQuy@8fation, but "it ;ap4
peared .as if -.they dicLnot; readily understand each other. Erom
thisy-and what I discovered, in; my intercourse
ties -ofethe natives, I am, inclined to think the 1 anguage; of -Mew
Holland :has:i% different dialects. The men .shewed q&ph other
thelwoupdstl^^ had; rencontres,*; | Euranabie
had seYeral ’vrhich were;but lately, healed up. The stranger, as
already
f( -W 1
already mentjiOndd, ap^ea®ng?9fti^fhdured ofj the ^bihaip made
overfenjsesrt©! her husband/#or hep which* "^©be.rej'eCted; • The latter#
told rnterhe wasi.appre'hdl^l^dYthat'.t^i^^Jpld^f this part of
#1*0 dsland^onld; hint' tKdy should
nottlhe suffered;toX(h#sb*-'l|^
lo^efpref we%h%fctdi;an tanchbrJ several./ cdn’bfe c am e ^ a ffd u s;
ift fno ;ojfe^*<§?M''Was. aar/ ©ld^mau; 'i w h o ^ h air hM&JS^ffiie per-
^#ly»w:hite- withtagbpwhich joined&feeba Ibhgi'bdafd^df'Jbhe sarnd-
mafefhim ian?Pery interesting hg4rfe:JiiThb%ati‘^es^ap^'
pqaaeddteypay the .old man gFeat:^pe!e&ands3olbedienCe|«bf
.which*! saw->more| afterwards.* > When'we had brought £h© ves-*
sel ,to an, anchor,’ahdhad «ftp-led- outsails, I ; admitted--sbffid'sbf
the. nati-ye^on1.- board;’ but the sdldman,could n o tp r e v a i l e d ! J
ou.tohbefofethp party.?'JUrey^dl testifiedmujeh surjk'ke’at what
they saw-' >' ,AjlkthN- na|iy esuifithisi part of New Holland are^iffOre
ipuseular .and robust-th'aii'dhosmr h ad seen dt*%dneyx 1 In: th'e*
managemCntnof theirv canaes/mrid^'sordb’ith ii^ ^ b e lb ^ in g i tb
fill®»>&sfft|ey. differedimuch .from whatever. I' had ’se&k^efe'eWhfere’h*
particularly' in paddling,|sometimes making usfe ' o f ' a n : ova?
ptecciof .baifk, and at,others of fheif hands,dmaking-the'CariOe
go, .very, swiftly^bys either .-.mgaauf.4 When ^paddling ;fwith’ the'
hand, they{ were apt-,, from..its being immersed id thevwatcr, to5'
throw mprb\or Jess water into the %&&&,;which ^'witlMa small
Galibash they dexterously threw out- byla backward"ihotion of
the other h&nd ^without turning^ their heads. \ ;A-t' the I head-Sfof
their canoes I observed two or, threefwooden pins,- which Isup'^
posed were designed-to. steady- .theirhsh-gigsj brdo'de^eiye'fhe-
hgads of their spears when'they carry;; them »from one; place, to
another, Or-to. servedn-the, same manndK;as;a:oru-tch for aharpoon-
of;opr whale-boats;
..* Erom .observing the5 sm0£^thne^bf",Qur chinsi they all ex-,
pressed a -desire f to,, have theirs, the same-; which some-df niy-
^ ^ t • people