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the anchorage. Jack and another native were 182L 
down on the rocks at an early hour, hallooing Dec. 31. 
and waiving to us, and at eight o’clock some 
natives appeared on the opposite shore with 
spears and knives to barter, but we had no com- 
munication with them. 
During our visit we have obtained from these 
people about one hundred spears, thirty throw- 
ing-sticks, forty hammers, one hundred and fifty 
knives, and a few hand-clubs, the value of each 
being at fipm half to one-eighth of a biscuit. 
We saw no fizgig, shield, nor boomerang ; it is 
probable that they may have such weapons, but 
did not produce them from a dislike at parting 
with them ; but the knives, spears, and hammers, 
which did not require much labour to manufac- 
ture, were always ready for barter, particularly 
the first, but the greater part were, like Peter 
Pindar’s razors, only made for sale. 
Altogether we saw about forty natives, of 
whom ten were boys : they were in most respects 
similar to their neighbours, having the same 
long curly hair and slight figure ; they did not 
appear to be a navigating tribe, for we saw no 
canoes, nor did we observe any trees in the woods 
with the bark stripped, of which material they 
are usually made; and, from the timid man- 
ner they approached the water, it is more than 
