Volume 2

The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl.

Date:
[1821-1827?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    made of the fibres of the flax plant with very little preparation, and very strong and heavy. ‘The canoes in which they fish are nothing more than large pieces of bark, tied up at both ends with vines; and considering the slight texture of these vessels, we cannot but admire the dexterity with which they are managed and the boldness with which they venture out to sea in them. They generally carry fire along with them in these canoes to dress their fish when caught. © When theyare not engaged in fishing, the women are busily employed in seeking the large worms and grubs which inhabit the trunk of the dwarf gum-tree : these insects, when divested