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282 Some account of New Holland
they openly askd for & in almost all cases bore the refusal if they met with one with much indifference [Later addition] except Turtles Dirty as these people are they seem to be intirely free from Lice a circumstance rarely observd among the most cleanly Indians & which here is the more remarkable as their hair was generaly Matted & filthy enough [Margin note] hair in all of them indeed it was very thin & seemd as if seldom disturbd with the Combing even of their fingers much less to have any oil or grease put into it nor did the custom of oiling their bodies so common among most uncivilizd nations did not seem to have the least footing here. on their bodies we observd very few marks of cutaneous disorders as scurf scars of sores &c. their spare thin bodies indicate a temperance in eating the consequence either of necessity or inclination equaly productive of health particularly in this respect on the fleshy parts of their arms & thighs & some of their sides were large scars in regular lines which by their breadth & the convexity with which they had
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