Exclusive Of Their Weapons Of Offence, And A Few Stone Hatchets Very Rudely
Fashioned, Their Ingenuity Is Confined To Manufacturing Small Nets,
In Which They Put The Fish They Catch, And To Fish-Hooks Made Of Bone,
Neither Of Which Are Unskilfully Executed.
On many of the rocks are also
to be found delineations of the figures of men and birds, very poorly cut.
Of the use or benefit of cloathing, these people appear to have no
comprehension, though their sufferings from the climate they live in,
strongly point out the necessity of a covering from the rigour of the seasons.
Both sexes, and those of all ages, are invariably found naked. But it must
not be inferred from this, that custom so inures them to the changes
of the elements, as to make them bear with indifference the extremes of heat
and cold; for we have had visible and repeated proofs, that the latter
affects them severely, when they are seen shivering, and huddling themselves up
in heaps in their huts, or the caverns of the rocks, until a fire
can be kindled.
Than these huts nothing more rude in construction, or deficient in conveniency,
can be imagined. They consist only of pieces of bark laid together in the form
of an oven, open at one end, and very low, though long enough for a man to lie
at full length. There is reason, however, to believe, that they depend less
on them for shelter, than on the caverns with which the rocks abound.
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