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©f s<?a grass finely woven together; on one is de^ 

 signed the process of their whale fishery. *' This 

 ** (says Captain Cook) though rudely executed, 

 " serves to shew, that though there is no appearance 

 " of the knowledge of letters among them, they 

 " have some notion of representing actions in a 

 " lasting way, independent of what may be recorded 

 *' in their songs and tradition/' They are worn by 

 both sexes without distinction. 



Hats, from South America, made of the feathers 

 of parrots and other birds. 



flatting, from the South Sea Islands. 



A MantlCy from New Zealand. This kind of or- 

 nament passes under the right arm, and ties over 

 the left shoulder, by which means both arms are 

 at liberty. It is made of flax so curiously knotted 

 together, that on examination it must astonish the 

 beholder, more especially when he considers that it 

 was made by a nation to w horn the loom is unknown. 



Wooden Sword, from Botany Bay. It is worthy of 

 remark, that when Captain Cook first discovered New- 

 Holland, he was surprized to behold the natives so 

 expert in handling the sword after the European man- 

 ner, from which he concluded they had seen and co- 

 pied the use of that weapon. 



Bows and Arrows of different nations. 



Two small Cloaks, made of feathers, to cover the 

 shoulders- — from the South Seas. 



Glass Case of Botanical Suhjects, marked B. 

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