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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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