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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    run away from them, and sometimes seek the society of the sailors belong- ing to the English ships which frequent the coasts for the sake of the ‘seal-fishe: ry. They give these’ men to under- stand, that they are compelled by their husbands to collect wood for fuel,‘ to seek and kill game, and in short to per- form every kind of labour: the com- pany of the seal-fishers, who impose none of these tasks, is of course much more agreeable to them. These fe- males are much handsomer both in figure and features than those about Port Jackson; they pay also more at- tention. to personal cleanliness, do not suffer their hair to grow long, but crop it with the sharp edges of two pieces of