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PROGRESS deflitute of all convenience or eafe, {liewed no figns of joy or happi- 



nefs, and feemed to be infenfible to all natural, moral, or focial 



OF SA- 

 VAGES. 



feelings, and enjoyments, and cccup 



ied with nothing but thei 



eir 



wants and wretchednefs. This little tribe, obferved by us, I fup- 



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pofe to be fome outcails of their brethren ; for our officers, who 

 landed in Succefs-Bay, reported, that the people there were much 

 happier than thofe in Chriftmas- Harbour. If w^e again compare 

 them with their neighbouring tribes on the continent, fuch as 



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they are defcribed by Mr. Thomas Falkner, who refided near 4a. 



nfefs 



thofe 



every 



'Teater 



ety of food 



years among them, we mufl c< 



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fpecft fuperior ; they have horfes, and 



fupplying themfelves by the chace -, their garments are better cal- 



culated to defend them againft the inj 



f the climate 



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arms 



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both offenfive and defenfive, prove genius and an exertion of 

 mind, of which the poor inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego feem 

 utterly incapable; they have a kind of civil government, ibme re- 



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gulations for the fecurity of their focieties ; leaders and chiefs are 



the head of their tribes in war, and in peace 



Their b 



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is by no . means inequitable, harfh, or inhumane ; their minds fhew 

 vigour and courage, their language is copious, elegant, and has 



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marks of a pec 



culture. 



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fhort they are infinitely lefs 



wretched than their neighbours on Tierra del Fuego, who, to all 

 appearance, are only degenerated into that forlorn condition ni 



which we found them funk. 



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