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291.
Some account of New Holland.

with which they throw them in the other  these serve them in the double capacity of defending them from their enemies & striking any animal or fish that they may meet with. besides these each has a small bag about the size of a moderate Cabbage net which hangs loose upon thier his back fastned to a small string which passes over the crown of his head  this seems to contain all their worldly treasures  each man hardly more than might be containd in the crown of a hat  a lump or two of Paint  some fish hooks & line  shells to make them of Points of Darts & resin & their usual ornaments were the general contents

Thus live these I had almost said happy people, content with little nay almost nothing  Far enough removd from the anxieties attending upon riches, or even the possession of what we Europeans call common necessaries anxieties intended maybe by Providence to counterbalance the pleasure arising from the Posession of wishd for attainments  consequently increasing with increasing wealth & in some measure keeping up the balance of hapiness between the rich

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