NEW SOUTH W A L E S. 
Whether the fears raifed -upon the Ikiii were of this 
kmd, or as Captain Cook underfiood by their figiiSj 
marks of forrow for deceafed friends, could not now be 
learnt. They are of a very lingular nature : fometimes 
the fkin is raifed from the fleili for feveral inches? ap- 
pearing as if it were filled with wind, and forming a 
.round furface of more than a quarter of an inch dia- 
meter. Their bodies are fcarred in various parts, par- 
ticularly about the breaft and arms, and frequently 
on the inftep. Nor does the head always efcape ; one 
man in particular, putting afide the hair on the forepart 
of his head, fliowed a fear, and then pointing to one 
on the foot, and to others on different parts of the body, 
feemed to intimate that he thought himfeif much ho- 
noured by having thefe marks upon him from head to 
foot. The women did not appear equally forward to 
produce the mutilated finger ; nor was it always poffible 
to afcertain whether they had lofc the joints or not. 
For though they made no attempt to fecrete themfelvesj 
nor feemed impreffed v/ith any idea that one part of 
the body more requires concealment than another, yet 
there was a fliynefs and timidity among them which 
frequently kept them at a diftance. They never would , 
approach fo readily as the men, and fometimes would 
not even land from their canoes, but made llgns that 
what was offered Ihould be s;iven to theiuen. We are 
not yet enough acquainted with the manners of the 
M people 
