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Endeavours River

all that we observd   one had indeed one of his Ears bord  the hole being big enough to put a thumb through  but this was peculiar to that one man & him I never saw wear in it any ornament   their language was totaly different from that of the Islanders   it sounded more like English in its degree of harshness tho it could not be calld harsh neither  they almost continualy made use of the Chircau  which we conceivd to be a term of Admiration as they still usd it when ever they saw any thing new  also Cherr, tut tut tut tut tut, which probably have the same signification  their Canoe was not above 10 feet long & very narrow built  with an outrigger fitted much like those at the Islands only far inferior  they in shallow waters set her on with poles  in deep paddled her with paddles about 4 feet long  she just carried 4 people so that the 6 who visited us today were obligd to make 2 embarkations  their Lances were much like those we had seen in Stringways Botany bay only they were all of them single pointed & some pointed with the stings of sting-rays & bearded with two or three beards of the same which

 

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