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is ilout, the ilioulders and chefl broad -, the belly ftral^ht, but 



prominent ; and the fcrotum very long. The feet 



no 



in:nns proportioned to the upper parts ; for the thighs are thin and 

 kan, the legs bent, the knees large, and the toes 



turned inwards 



They 



are 



folutely naked, and have only 



fm 



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of feal- 



iliin hanging down and covering part of their backs. Their wo- 



much of the fame feat 



colour, and form as the 



men 



and have generally long hanging breafls, and befides the fsal-fkin 



^ 



on their backs, a fmall patch of the fkin of a bird or feal to cover 



thci 



cir privities. All have a countenance announcing 



nothing but 



their wretchednefs. 



They feem to be good-natured, friendly and 

 harmlefs; but remarkably ftupid, being incapable of underflanding 

 any of our figns, which, however, were very intelligible to the 

 nations of the South Sea. We could obferve no other word 

 diflindly, than that o£ pejerai, which they frequently repeated, 



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in a manner to make us believe they intended to fignify that they 

 are friends 3 and that they find a thing good. When they talked. 



I particularly remarked, that their language included the r. 



and an 



preceded by an Englifh t&, fomething like the L/ of the Welih, 

 and many other lifping founds. They flunk immoderately of 

 train-oil, fo that v/e might fmell them at a diilance ; and in the 

 fineft days, they wqtq fliivering with cold. Human nature appears 



fo debafed 



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tched a cond 



as with thefe 



miferabl 



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forlorn, and ftupid creatures 



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