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dered the ifle of Ainblou, near Buero, and carried away many of 

 the inhabitants. 



The Papuans^ the inhabitants of thefe ifles, and of the land of Papuan People. 

 Papuas, or New Guinea, and (according to Mr. Forreji, p. 68.) the 

 internal parts of the Moluccas, are a moft Angular race of men, 

 of a horrible appearance and great ferocity ; brave, fays M. Son- 

 jicyat, lovers of war, cruel, fufpicious, and treacherous. Mr. 

 Forrejl faw them frequently, but his account of them is brief; 

 they behaved to him eafy and familiar, and even furnidied him 

 with fifli, or fuch provifions their iilands afforded. Forrejl con- 

 ciliated their alfe6lion. It is highly probable that Sonnerat re- 

 ceived his accoiuits from fome Europeans who had provoked 

 them by their infults. They live chiefly on iilli or turtle, of 

 which they have abundance, and negle6t every fpecies of agri- 

 culture. When they want bread, they carry live turtle, and 

 faufages made of their eggs, dried fiQi, &c. to the iiland of 

 Waggiou, where they exchange them ior /ago, baked or frefh. 

 Their own ifles furnifli the trees in quantity ; but fo lazy are 

 they, that they very feldom will give themfelves the trouble of 

 cutting them down. They alfo bring with them tortoife-fliell 

 2.y\dfuallo, which they fell to the Cbinefe whom they find trading 

 in the different iflands. Their wives and children accompany them 

 in thefe voyages, which are performed in boats like thofe we call 

 punts, fquare at each end, and furnifhed vrith an out-rigger of 

 a fingle frame ; they row with very broad oars. They take with 

 them their bows, arrows, and lances ; and for fifhing are provided 

 with a fmall round net, diflended at the end of a pole, of the 

 fame kind as our EngUfh landing net. Add to this two or three 



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