10 HISTORY OF 



are hard and disgusting, and the bone or reed 

 they wear through the nose, added to the 

 bushy hair of their heads and beards, render 

 them almost horrible. The females have a 

 small portion of that delicacy the more refined 

 females o! civilized nations justly boast; indeed, 

 even the blush of shame has been seen, on the 

 dark cheeks of a female native of New South 

 Wales. 



Their eyes are sunk in the head, and covered 

 with thick eye^brows ; their noses are flat, with 

 very wide nostrils ; their eyes are particularly 

 good, and forms to them the greatest acquisi^ 

 tion, for if short sighted, they could not avoid 

 the spears which would otherwise wound, if not 

 kill them. Their mouths are wide, and lips 

 very thick ; their teeth are in general white, 

 sound, and even. Some of them have promi- 

 nent jaws, and one of them,' called old We- 

 rahng, might with great ease pass for an Orang- 

 Outang. 



Both sexes rub fish-oil into their skins, which 

 with the heat of their own bodies, produce a 

 stench which by no means accords with the 

 refined ideas of decency ; but this is used to 

 guard against the musquitoes some of which 

 sting with severity ; however in this, as in all 

 other parts, some are more beastly than others, 

 and it is by no means uncommon to see the 

 entrails of fish frying upon their heads in the 

 sun, till the oil runs over the face and body. 

 This unguent is deemed by them. of so much 



