State Library of NSW
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53. Octr. 1769 Tegadu Bay
in generaly with reeds placd close one by another so that scarce a mouse could creep through
When we went to their houses Men women & children receivd us no one shewd the least signs of fear the women were plain & made themselves more so by painting their faces with red ocre & oil which generaly was fresh & wet upon their cheeks & foreheads easily transferrable to the noses of any one who should attempt to kiss them not that they seemd to have any objection to such familiarities as the noses of several of our people evidently shewd but they were as great coquetts as any Europeans could be & the young ones as skittish as unbroke fillies one part of their dress I cannot omit to mention besides their cloth which was very decently woun rolld round them each wore - round the lower part of her waist a string made of the leaves of a highly perfumd grass to this was fastned a small bunch of the leaves of some fragrant plant which servd as the inner most veil of their modesty tho the men did not so frequently use paint upon their faces yet they often did one especialy I observd whose whole body & garments were rubbd over with dry ocre of this he constantly kept a peice in his hand & generaly rubbd it on some part or other of him one peice of cleanliness in these people I
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