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Early Australian Voyages

CHAPTER XXI: REMARKS UPON THE VOYAGE
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I also showed them some gold dust, which they seemed to know, and called out "Manneel, Manneel," and pointed towards the land.

A while after these men were gone, two or three canoes came from the flat island, and by signs invited us to their island, at which the others seemed displeased, and used very menacing gestures and, I believe, speeches to each other.

Night coming on, we stood off to sea, and having but little wind all night, were driven away to the north-west.
We saw many great fires on the flat island.

The last men that came off to us were all black as those we had seen before, with frizzled hair.
They were very tall, lusty, well-shaped men.

They wear great things in their noses, and paint as the others, but not much.


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