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Die Vandiemens-Länder
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Miscell. Subj. XCI. Vol. VI. No. 32., VANDIEMENS - LAND., Among the islands of Auftralia or the fifth unproportionably thin. Their food chiefly part of the World, Neu Holland is the confifts of roots and feafhells; they go nakmoft confiderable, its greatnefs being al- ed, only fome of them wear fkins of the most equal to that of Europe. The most Kangoroo, the only quadruped ofthat counmeridional point, which according to recent try, around their fhoulders. But of their reobfervations, forms a particular island, was verence to their dead, the neweft french 1649 difcover'd by the Dutch Abel Tasman, traveller Perori found proofs on the finali and call'd Vandiemem-land to the honour neighbouring island of Maria (Fig.. 1.). Ketof the then Governor of Batavia. The inha- ween Cafuartrees there were little huts constants of this island (Fig.. 2.) are favages, ftrncted of barks, examining one of which and ftill on the loweft ftep of culture. We he found within under an elevation of turf, fee here feveral of them aftembled around aines and bones of men; from whence it a fire. They have a forbidding look, their appears, that thefe nations how rude ioecolour is darkbrown, the frame of the bo- ver and uncultivated yet burn their dead dy is indeed long, but compared to the and honour their memory by the conftruchead and the Ihoulders, the lower parts are tion of thefe huts of barks.
