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Some account of New Holland

in the very same manner as I have seen ladies make purses in England   that they had no sharp instruments among them we venturd to guess from the circumstance of an old man who came to us one day with a beard
[Margin note]  beard
rather larger than his fellows  the next day he came again  his beard was then almost croppd close to his chin & upon examination we found the ends of the hairs all burnd so that he had certainly singd it off.
[Margin note]  Hunting
Their manner of Hunting & taking wild animals we had no opportunity of seeing  we only guessd that the notches which they had every where cut in the Bark of large trees  which certainly servd to make climbing more easy to them  might be intended for the ascending these trees in order either to watch for any animal who unwarily passing under them they might peirce with their darts  or for the taking birds who at night might Roost in them
We guessd also that the fires which we saw so frequently as we passd along shore extending over a large tract of countrey & by which we could constantly

 

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