A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume X - By Robert Kerr


















































































































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are sunk two or three feet under the surface of the ground, and the
earth taken from this - Page 313
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Within They Are Sunk Two Or Three Feet Under The Surface Of The Ground, And The Earth Taken From This Hollow Is Thrown Upon The Outside.

Their fishing-tackle is very curious, and is furnished with hooks made of stone, nearly of the same shape with ours.

They are variously armed, some having bows and arrows artificially headed with stone; others long javelins or spears, headed with bone; some have great wooden clubs, some have slings, and most have stone knives, or daggers, which are very sharp. They are never seen without their arms, as they are always at war among themselves; and it would appear that the several tribes paint differently, that they may distinguish each other; for the people about the island of Torhaltens, and about Schapenham bay, were all painted black, while those about Greyhound bay were painted red.

Their canoes are very singular, being formed of bark, fortified both on the inside and outside with several pieces of small wood, and then covered over by bark, so as to be both tight and strong. These canoes are from ten to fourteen, and even sixteen feet long, and two feet broad, and will contain seven or eight men, who navigate them as swiftly as our boats. In manners, these people resemble beasts more than men, for they tear human bodies in pieces, and eat the raw and bloody flesh. They have not the smallest spark of religion, neither any appearance of polity or civilization, being in all respects utterly brutal, insomuch that if they have occasion to make water, they let fly upon whoever is nearest them.

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