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whose f Vagrancy perfumes the very air in which they 

 breathe. Their household furniture consists of a 

 few wooden platters, cocoa-nut shells, and some neat 

 wooden-pillows shaped like four-footed stools or forms. 

 Their common clothing, with the addition of a mat, 

 serves them for bedding. We got from them two or 

 three earthen vessels, which were all we saw among 

 them. One was in the shape of a bomb-shell, with 

 two holes in it opposite each other ; the others were 

 like pipkins, containing about five or six pints, and 

 had been in use on the fire. I am of opinion they are 

 the manufacture of some other isle ; for, if they were 

 of their own, we ought to have seen more of them. 

 Nor am I to suppose they came from Tasman's ships ; 

 the time is too long for brittle vessels like these to be 

 preserved. 



We saw no other domestic animals amongst them, 

 but hogs, and fowls. The former are. of the same 

 sort as at the other isles in this sea ; but the latter 

 are far superior, being as large as any we have in 

 Europe, and their flesh equally good, if not better. 

 We saw no dogs, and believe they have none, as they 

 were exceedingly desirous of those we had on board. 

 My friend Attago was complimented with a dog and 

 a bitch, the one from New Zealand, the other from 

 UJietea. The name of a dog with them is kooree or 

 gooree, the same as at New Zealand, which shews 

 that they are not wholly strangers to them. We saw 

 no rats in these isles, nor any other wild quadrupeds, 

 except small lizards. The land birds are pigeons, 

 turtle-doves, parrots, parroquets, owls, bald couts 

 with a blue plumage, a variety of small birds, and 

 large bats in abundance. The produce of the sea 

 we know but little of; it is reasonable to suppose 

 that the same sorts of fish are found here as at the 

 other isles. Their fishing instruments are the same ; 

 that is, hooks made of mother of pearl, gigs with two, 

 three, or more prongs, and nets made of a very fine 

 thread, with the meshes wrought exactly like ours. 



