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1820. with a looking-glass, in which they were, for the 
July 22 . first time, witnesses of their hideous counte- 
nances, which were rendered still more savage 
from the ill-humour they were in. They now 
became openly angry ; and, in very unequivocal 
terms, ordered us away. Fortunately, the Indian 
that carried the spear was the least ill-tempered 
of the party, or we should not perhaps have 
retreated without being under the necessity of 
firing in self-defence. 
We retired, however, without any farther rup- 
ture, and left them seated on the bank, whence 
they continued to watch our movements until the 
boat was loaded and we left the shore. They 
then came down to the beach, and searched 
about for whatever things we might accidentally 
have left behind ; and, after examining with great 
attention some marks that, for amusement, some 
of our party had scratched upon the sand, they 
separated. The old man and the two boys em- 
barked in a canoe, and paddled round the point 
towards the Cape, in which direction also the 
other two natives bent their steps. 
The tall, slender form of the Port Jackson na- 
tives, and their other peculiarities of long curly 
hair, large heads, and spare limbs, are equally 
developed in the inhabitants of this part. The 
bodies of these people are, however, consider- 
