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they polifn remarkably well. Their clubs are 

 of many various forms ; fome of thefe may be 

 feen in Plate XXXFII, 



.1 was not a little furprifed that they were un- 

 acquainted with the ufe of the bow. 



Their darts, which are commonly five meters 

 long, are not above fix centimeters in circum- 

 ference near the middle. I admired the inge- 

 nious method which they have invented for ac- 

 celerating the velocity of thefe javelins when 

 they throw them. For this purpofe they em- 

 ploy a very elaftic piece of cord made of 

 cocoa-nut bafs and the hair of the vefpertilio 

 iernataniis ; they fix one of its extremities to 

 the end of the fore-finger, while the other, which 

 is terminated by a fort of round button, em- 

 braces the dart on which it is difpofed in fuch a 

 manner that it flies off the weapon as foon as 

 it is thrown. See Plate XXXV, 



I did not remark among thefe inhabitants any 

 very characleriftic fymptom of venereal difeafe ; 

 fevcral, however, had a pretty confiderable 

 fwelling in the organs of generation, and others 

 had the inguinal glands diftended. 



The voraciry of which the Caledonians had 

 afforded us proof, preveiited the Admiral from 

 giving them the he and Ihe goat which he had 

 inte.'idcd for them. Doubtlefs they devoured 

 the two hogs and the two dogs of which Cap- 

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