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Some account of New Holland

he had left it  this we afterwards found was done cheifly by the infinite readyness with which every kind of rubbish  sticks witherd leaves or dry grass already almost dryd to tinder by the heat of the sun & dryness of the season would take fire  he took for instance when he set off a small bit of fire & wrapping it up in dry grass ran on  this soon blazd  he then layd it down on the most convenient place for his purpose that he could find & taking up a small part of it wrappd that in part of the dry rubbish in which he had layd it  in this manner proceeding as long as he thought proper
[Margin note]   Weapons
Their Weapons offensive at Least  were precisely the same where ever we saw them except that at the very last view we had of the countrey we saw through our glasses a man who carried a Bow & arrows  in this we might but I beleive we were not mistaken  they consisted of one only species  a Pike or Lance from 8 to 14 feet in lengh  this they threw short distances with their hands & for longer  40 or more yards  with an instrument made for the purpose  the upper part of these Lances were made either of Cane

 

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