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 cotsrs o' ,orr 137 the anchorage. Jack and another native were s down on the rocks at an early hour, hallooiag '-a aad waiving to us, and at eight o'clock some natives appeared on the opposite shore with .spesrs and knives to barter, but we had no corn.. munication with them. During our visit we have obtained from these people about one hundred spears, thirty throwl ing. sticks, forty hsmmers, one hundred and fifty vesl and a few hand-dubs, the value of each being at from half to one-eighth of a biscuit. We saw no fugig, shield, nor boomran; it is probable that they may have such weapons, but did not produce them from a dislike at' parting with them; but the knit;es, 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, llke Peter Pindar's razors, only made for sale. Altogether we saw about' forty nativsl of �whom ten were boys: they were in most respects Slmil,r to their neighbonrs, having the same  curly hair aud 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- r they appr.. ,th.e water, 'it' is 'more thau

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