Extracts from Phillips's Account of Nczd Holland. 



strange disfiguring ornament of a long bone or stick thrust 

 through it, was now observed as described by Captain 

 Cook, and the same appellation of spritsail yard was applied 

 ludicrously to it by the sailors. 



But several very old men were seen who had not lost 

 the tooth, nor had their noses been prepared to receive that 

 grotesque appendage, probably therefore these are marks 

 of distinction ; ambition must have its badges, and where 

 cloaths are not worn the borly must be compelled to bear 

 them. The women seemed in some instances to have one of 

 their fingers mutilated, by cutting off the first and second 

 joint. They made no attempt to secret themselves, nor 

 seemed impressed with any idea that one part of the body 

 more requires concealment than another, yet there was 

 a shyness and timidity among them which frequently kept 

 them at a distance. They never would approach so readily 

 as the men, and sometimes would not even land from their 

 canoes, but made signs that what was offered them should 

 be given to the men. We are not jet sufficiently acquaint- 

 ed with the manners of the people, to decide whether this 

 reserve proceeds from the fears of the women or from the 

 jealousy of the husbands 3 by whom they are evidently kept 

 in great subordination. 



One of their modes of fishing was now observed ; their 

 hooks were made of the inside of a shell resembling mother 

 of pearl. When a fish which has taken the bait is supposed 

 to be too strong to be drawn up with the line, the canoe 

 is paddled to shore and while one man gently draws the 

 fish along, another stands prepared to strike it with the 

 spear, in this attempt they seldom fail. When the southern 

 branch of Broken Bay was first visited, the getting round 

 the headland that separates the branches, was very difficult 



