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able. They had pretty good eyes; and their teeth were «777- 

 tolerably even, but very du'ty. Moil of them had their hair 

 and beards fmeared with a red ointment ; and fome had 

 their faces alfo painted with the fame compofition. 



They received every prefent we made to them, without 

 the leaft appearance of fatisfadlion. When fome bread was 

 given, as foon as they underftood that it was to be eaten, 

 they either returned it, or threw it away, without even ta- 

 iling it. They alfo refufed fome elephant fifli, both raw and 

 drefled, which we offered to them. But upon giving fome 

 birds to them, they did not return thefe, and eafily made us 

 comprehend that they were fond of fuch food. I had 

 brought two pigs afliore, with a view to leave them in the 

 woods. The inftant thefe came within their reach, they fei- 

 zed them, as a dog would have done, by the ears, and were 

 for carrying them off immediately ; with no other intention, 

 as we could perceive, but to kill them. 



Being defirous of knowing the ufe of the flick which one of 

 our vifiters carried in his hand, I made figns to them to (hew 

 me ; and fo far fucceeded, that one of them fet up a piece 

 of wood as a mark, and threw at it, at the diftance of about 

 twenty yards. But we had little reafon to commend his 

 dexterity ; for, after repeated trials, he was ftill very wide 

 from the obje(5l. Omai, to fhew them how much fuperior 

 our weapons were to theirs, then fired his mufquet at it; 

 which alarmed them fo much, that notwithilanding all we 

 could do or fay, they ran inflantly into the woods. One of 

 them was fo frightened, that he let drop an axe and two 

 knives, that had been given to him. From us, however, 

 they went to the place, where fome of theDifcovery's people 

 were employed in taking water into their boat. The officer 



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