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and oftriches, intimating that he ex-pected fome of thofe in return: but they either did not, or would not, under-stand him; fo that no traffic took place.
    The whole company that were af-fembled on this occafion had each a horfe with a faddle and bridle. The faddle had a fort of firrups, and the bridle was made of thongs of leather very well put together for the purpofe of guiding the horfes. The women, as well as the men, rode aftride. The men, in general, wore each a wooden fpur; but one of them had a large pair of Spanish fpurs, brafs firrups, and a Spanifh fcymetar. Their horfes were nimble and fpirited, but fmall in proportion to their riders, feemingly not abouve 14 hands high. Their dogs were of the Spanifh breed.
    The Captain, having purpofely pro-vided himfelf with meafuring rods, found that the talleft man among them meafured only fix feet feven inches high: feveral were within an inch or two as tall; but the ordinary fize was from five feet etn inches to fix feet.
    It is a pity that none of our voyagers thought of meafuring the whole fize of one of thofe gigantic men. They tell us, indeed, that they are proportionably large, and that they are robuft and honey; but they give us no criterion to judge of their bulk, nor one in-ftance of their extraordinary ftrength. As they are reprefented not only peace-able, but remarkably tracable, fome trials might have been made of the weight they could have lifted, and how much they could exceed in that refpect the ftrongeft man in the fhips. This, in a great meafure, would have deter-mined the point, which is yet left doubtful by the different relations that are given by the different voyagers who have feen thefe people, no two of them agreeing in the fame defcription.
    All agree, however, that their hair is black, and harfh like biftles; that they are of a dark-copper colour, and that their features are rather handfome than ugly; that they cloath themfelves decently with the fkins of guanicoes; that they paint themfelves varioufly; and there is reafon to fufpect, that by that variety they diftinguifh their tribes. Thofe feen by Commodore Byron were painted round both eyes, no two of them alike; thofe feen by Capt. Wallis had only a red circle round the left eye; and thofe feen by Bougainville had no circle round the eyes, but had their cheeks painted red. This may account for the different reports of voyagers concerning their ftature: it is not impofible, nay, it is very pro-babie, that they may vary in this par-ticular, accoriding to their tribes; as is feen in the Highlands of Scotland, where one clan of the Campbells is remarkably tall, and another of the Frafers remarkably fhort. Were it not for fome fuch natural difcrimination, there could bot be fo wide a difference in the defcriptions of gentlemen, who, having no ends to ferve either in fal-fifying one another's reports, or in impofing upon the public, can not be fuppofed to miftake wilfully.
    But to return: --- One remarkable obfervation made by our voyagers muft not be omitted; and that is, that, tho our people could diftinguifh but one word of their language, which the Englifh pronounce Chewow, and the French Shawa, yet the Patagonians could repeat whole fentences after our men more diftintly than almoft any European foreigner of what nation fo-ever. This appears the more fingular, as, among the iflanders between the Tropics, it was hardly poffible to make them articulate any of our worlds. Sydney Parkinfon, in a fpecimen he has given us, fays, that, tho the Englifh remained at Otahitee three months, the neareft the natives could approach the found of Cooke was Toote; Banks, To-wara; Menkboufe, Mata; and fo of the reft: whereas the Patagonians pre-fently got by heart this fentence of in-vitation, Come a - fbore, Englifhmen! which they fhewed they well under-ftood, by repeating it afterwords when-ever the fhips came fo near the fhore as to be within call.
    Another very remarkable particular is, that they had none of the characters of a ferocious people; there was no offenfive weapon among them, except the feymetar already mentioned. The men, indeed, had a kind of fling, which they ufe in hunting, confifting of two round ftones of about a pound weight each, connected together by a thong. Thefe ftones were faftened to the extremities of the thong; and, when they throw them, they hold one ftone in the hand, and fwung the other about the head. "They are fo exp-pert in the management of this double-headed fbot, (fays the Writer of the Voyage) that they will hit a mark NOT BIGGER THAN A SHILLING with BOTH THESE STONES, at the diftance of fifteen yards;" but their method of availing themfelves of their dexterity againft the guanicoe and of-trich is, to fling the ftones fo as to entangle their legs, by which means they are retarded in their flight, and eafily overtaken. Bongainville fpeaks of thefe flings as common among other Indian nations in South America; but we do not remember to have feen this affertion confirmed by any other voyager.
    Thefe people certainly drefs diffe-rently as well as paint differently; for the drefs defcribed by Bougainville is very unlike the dreks of thofe feen by the Englifh voyagers.
    Capt. Wallis invited fome of them on board his fhip: but, among the wonders that were fhewn them, none feemed to attract their notice fo much as the looking - glaffes: they looked in the glaffes and at each o-ther; they laughed; in fhort, there was no end to their merriment, when in poffeffion of this article of curiofity. They eat whatever was given them, but would drink nothing but water. In this they differ from all the tribes of Indians in North America, who are immoderatly fond of fpirituous liquors. They admired the European fheep, hogs, and poultry; but did not feem over-defirous of anything they faw, except cloaths. When the marines were exercifed to entertain them, they appeared difconcerted; and old man among them made figns, by feriking his breaft, and tumbling down and lying as if he had been dead up-on deck, that he knew the effect of their guns; and none of them feemed eafy till the firing was over. When the Captain had fatisfied his own cu-riofity, and, as he imagined, theirs, he gave them to underftand that he was going to fail, and that they muft depart, which they were very unwilling to do. However, having given each of them a canvas bag, with fome needles ready threaded, a knife, a pair of fciffars, a few beads, a comb, and a looking - glafs, he difmiffed them, with great reluctance on their part, particularly on that of the old man's, who by very fignificant figns expreffed his defire to ftay till fun - fet.
    About noon they weighed anchor, and purfued their paffage through the Streights. All this day the Indians kept in fight, and diverted the voyagers with chafing guanicoes on the hills; but, being eagerly purfued by the huntfmen, thefe creatures did not long remain in view.
    Next day, being over - againft the fpot where Commodore Byron held the converfation with the tall men, Capt. Wallis ordered the boats of the Swal-low and ftore-fhip to ftand in for the fhore: they did fo, and lay upon their oars, when many of thofe whom they had feen the day before came up, and wih voices united made the rocks ring with--- Englifhmen, come on fhore! but, as no new objects prefented themfelves, the officers in the boats threw fome trinkets among them, and departed. Thofe who had been on board before, as well as many others, begged hard to be taken on board, but in vain.
    On the 25th, being Chriftmas day, the fhips anchored under Elizabeth's Ifland, where the furgeon and fome men landed, and brought great quan-tities of celery on board, which, being boiled with wheat and portable foup, made a wholefome breakfaft for the crews as long it lafted. 
    On the 26th they anchored in Port Fannine, of which Commodore Byron has given a very flattering defcription. Here they landed and pitched their tents, put their fick on fhore, and e-rected a forge to repair the iron-work of the fhips; fet the coopers to work to feafon and fit up the empty cafks; and ordered a mate and ten men to wafh and to fill them. They alfo fent wooders to fell timber for Port Eg-mont; and, as no timber grows in the Falklands, Capt. Wallis caufed fome thoufands of young trees to be grubbed up with the roots, and picked on board the fhore-fhip as a prefent to the commanding officer. While all this was doing, the fhore-fhip was un-laden; and, the Dolphin having taken twelve months falt provifious on board, and the Swallow ten, two fick feamen from the Dolphin were added to the complement of the fhore-fhip, and fhe was ordered to touch at Port Egmont in her way home.
    On the 17th of January fhe took her departure,; and on the 19th the Dolphin and swallow purfued their voyage.
    On the 22d, Cape Gallant and Cape Holland being nearly in one, they met with an uncommon tide, that rendered it impoffible to keep the fhips head fteady to any point.
    On the 23d they anchored in a bay