VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. 
mon among them ; but they are of a more clumfy form 
than thofe ufed in England. The chair is fufpended from 
an aukward piece of wood, borne on the fhoulders of two 
flaves, and elevated fufficiently to be clear of the inequalities 
of the ftreet. In carrying, the foremofl: flave takes the 
pavement, and the other the flreet, one keeping a little be- 
fore the other ; fo that the chair is moved forward in a- 
Udelong diredion, and very unlike the procedure of the 
London chairmen. Thefe fellows, who get on at a great 
rate, never take the wall of the foot-paflengers, nor incom- 
mode them in the fmallefl: degree. 
The inhabitants in general are a pleafant, cheerful people, 
inclining more to corpulency than thofe of Portugal ; and, 
as far as we could judge, very favourably inclined to the 
Englifh. The men are ftrait and well-proportioned. They 
do not accuftom themfelves to high living, nor indulge 
much in the juice of the grape. 
The women, when young, are remarkably thin, pale, and 
delicately fhaped ; but, after marriage, they generally in- 
cline to be lufty, without lofing that conftitutional pale, or 
rather fallow appearance. They have regular and better 
teeth than are ufually obfervable in warm climates, where 
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