W H I T f ' s JOURNAAL OF A
and fométimes a ftone hatchet; makei up the catalogue
<of :thêirrmilitary implements.
We, this , day fhotn k Kfiob-fronted Eee-eater; ;|Seë-vpl&té'
aünéxed^jq! This 1 is ,about':-,the fizë of a blackbird; the
plumage j mdftlyi^browri?^abpve hkrrd white 'beneath; "'the:
head and. tipper part of the neck px& fparingly ^covered
with narrow feathers;- hlrrioft. like' hairkjfibut'thë fore part
of thè' neck; and fbreafTare .furniflied with long tones',of a
white colour- and pointed:at the . ends; the fail' is pretty’
lbfig, i and the. fehtheföi:tipped;.’with wHiteP; ; the ’ billP W
about one inch / irialehgth, / :.and pale ;l:bnt what^fswhiojffc
ibmarkahle;; öxi thè’forehead, ’juft", at the. t>afe".,óf the - bill;
is* a fhort blunt, knob, about -a' quarter 'óf: an,inch in
lefigth 'y and ~of laltbrownilh-^colourthei .‘tongue*: is"; nearly
of'dhei?'.length of the bill,- and briftly '■ 'atPthë ^Êrd';''- thp
lpgs are brown. Tlfis\ inhabits' New) South| Wcule^ and
is? fuppofed to «he^a^ nbh“ddfcdpt-»-JJecies^i;1
This day three canoes, 'with a-’man and woman .in iéachj
eiajpè'behind the-point on which, the hofpltal is'built; ‘jfcafifiv
I wént . over tó them, as: did two other': gentlemen, -my
affiftants,- without their fhewing, ahy > fear at our’,, coming;
on thè- contrary;, they manifefted, a friendly | confidence.
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