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ANIMAL among the natives of the Marquefas. 



The Eafter Iflanders make 



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an ornament hanging on the breaft of a porpe 

 O-Taheiteans make fav/s and various utenfils of boi 



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bone 



the 



fhark's teeth 



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The tails of the fting ray ( raja pajiinaca ) 



iverfally 



employed to arm the fpears of the natives ; the Mallicolefe point 

 their arrows with bone -, and the inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego 



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have filh gigs armed with jagged bon 

 alfo made ufe of in the tropical ifles, 

 necklaces, fome bracelets and fiih hooks, oth 



fome 



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ariety of fhells are 



eaten, fome rnake 

 ;rs weights to link 

 their fifhing lines, and they wear fome mifhapen pearls in their 



Not even the coral is without its ufe, for it is employed to 



ears . 



The New-Zee- 



frnooth and polifh the furface of their canoes, 

 landers living continually on fifh, are glad when they can get a dog 

 or bird to eat, which with them, always is reckoned a dainty. 

 They employ the fkins of dogs for their cloaths, but merely for 

 convenience, namely, to keep them warm : their ornaments are 



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however, a comb of the bone of fome cetaceous animal, which is 



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fluck in the hair ; and feathers of gulls, parrots, &c. the firftthey 

 wear on their head, the laft on their battle axes ; laftly, they have fome 

 ornaments which are taken from the mineral kingdom. Among the tro- 

 pical ifles, the natives drefs all their meat over the fire, with as much 



cleanlinefs and nicety as we could do it ourfel 



fo that the deli 



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Csite appearance of their viduals often tempted us to yield to their 



invitations 



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