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Account Of Norfolk Island.
ACCOUNT OF NORFOLK ISLAND .
fin a Letter from an Officiated Norfolk Island , November , , , . ]
' T ^ m " SifC r T ° brin S Provision , & c . for this colony otherT * fn ? n i ai u " RaVe " sai , ed from Port Jackson in October la , L , for Dusk y Bay , m New Zealand , where he had left twelve men about ten months ago , to kill seals On his Um , ^ found them all well , and they ^ d about ^ ^ ' --J" J S?TSnyHeficifnt oftac3detoki!l^«iW
;-out " ol le wood J * M lU , t 8 Smal 1 VCSSel ° 5 ° tons burthe » > e ° t ^ Iv » h o , kTni c-U ' ount ' ' which the ^ » yis et I u ; l 1 t 0 ^ ' JingJisli oak , and g ; ows m great abundance . The bay is hrre commodious and well sheltered from the winds . DurinJtheir tev V , l Y ' 1 * 1- CaUght Slich ab »» 'ia « ce of fine fish , and , . hev S , ^ C 8 "n 0 t ^ havine " ° Ior ' S feathera in its wings " ha ^^ ** ™ at the time
Si ned the , * rJ ^ ^ a " W remained there . 1 hey saw no natives ; but , in one of their e * ciraxe " *? on -, ' - l , nt''y , ' ¦ * ! " ? ? . » fi - » a small hut ; the " eftson e r , nf \ -P t ° \ lu reC W i 1 " " front of «« h"t , 'but the natives had not removed them when they left the island . They sp-ak so hth ' v Si h it'Sitf S ^ ^ ** » a ; and tKe ^ ber ^ K of time ' may bS an ° bject t 0 government in course
f J S ? . ? tj (! ne d m my former letter , had time permitted the Dedalus having brought two of the natives of New -Zealand o instruct the people to manufacture the flax plant The proces nllvf . to be a very simple o „ e-they divide the ' fito , oJS ear , about half hrough , with the point of a kn fe ( in New 7 ^! a ci tneydothis with a cockle-shell ) ; then they draw it th ^ em four times under ' the back of kif 0 that "
. a „ e / s the Suter part stfps off is tnen taken to the water , and heat with a round stick ; = d > e ? his i is hung out . to bleach ; when sufficiently bleached it is then ' C SL and spun into yarn The two last parts of the process a e an nf : provement made on the New Zealand inode of preparing it . £ , ' ) , method tnere has been some excellent canvas made ou ! of it at 1 , islanoa le of which is sent homeAll
, samp . tint is now w- ntir-- k a machine that will dress it in a more expedites ^ whlc might be easil y invented by an artist ; the New Zealand method being rather tedious and requiring a number of hands . thit ^ U , 1 Z , eiUEndera are P easant and good-natured beyond any ™ * « with amongst so barbarous *
S'f &' h t ^ T a people IL -Ll Tr } T consiaered - One of them is called Odoo , trie ochei Togce ; tr . e former is son to one of the princes of that countrv , the outer is son to one of their priests . They 1 ivecoir a , t lv at the lieutenant-. governor ' s , and eat at . 4 table ; tlley Ici «^« fl
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Account Of Norfolk Island.
ACCOUNT OF NORFOLK ISLAND .
fin a Letter from an Officiated Norfolk Island , November , , , . ]
' T ^ m " SifC r T ° brin S Provision , & c . for this colony otherT * fn ? n i ai u " RaVe " sai , ed from Port Jackson in October la , L , for Dusk y Bay , m New Zealand , where he had left twelve men about ten months ago , to kill seals On his Um , ^ found them all well , and they ^ d about ^ ^ ' --J" J S?TSnyHeficifnt oftac3detoki!l^«iW
;-out " ol le wood J * M lU , t 8 Smal 1 VCSSel ° 5 ° tons burthe » > e ° t ^ Iv » h o , kTni c-U ' ount ' ' which the ^ » yis et I u ; l 1 t 0 ^ ' JingJisli oak , and g ; ows m great abundance . The bay is hrre commodious and well sheltered from the winds . DurinJtheir tev V , l Y ' 1 * 1- CaUght Slich ab »» 'ia « ce of fine fish , and , . hev S , ^ C 8 "n 0 t ^ havine " ° Ior ' S feathera in its wings " ha ^^ ** ™ at the time
Si ned the , * rJ ^ ^ a " W remained there . 1 hey saw no natives ; but , in one of their e * ciraxe " *? on -, ' - l , nt''y , ' ¦ * ! " ? ? . » fi - » a small hut ; the " eftson e r , nf \ -P t ° \ lu reC W i 1 " " front of «« h"t , 'but the natives had not removed them when they left the island . They sp-ak so hth ' v Si h it'Sitf S ^ ^ ** » a ; and tKe ^ ber ^ K of time ' may bS an ° bject t 0 government in course
f J S ? . ? tj (! ne d m my former letter , had time permitted the Dedalus having brought two of the natives of New -Zealand o instruct the people to manufacture the flax plant The proces nllvf . to be a very simple o „ e-they divide the ' fito , oJS ear , about half hrough , with the point of a kn fe ( in New 7 ^! a ci tneydothis with a cockle-shell ) ; then they draw it th ^ em four times under ' the back of kif 0 that "
. a „ e / s the Suter part stfps off is tnen taken to the water , and heat with a round stick ; = d > e ? his i is hung out . to bleach ; when sufficiently bleached it is then ' C SL and spun into yarn The two last parts of the process a e an nf : provement made on the New Zealand inode of preparing it . £ , ' ) , method tnere has been some excellent canvas made ou ! of it at 1 , islanoa le of which is sent homeAll
, samp . tint is now w- ntir-- k a machine that will dress it in a more expedites ^ whlc might be easil y invented by an artist ; the New Zealand method being rather tedious and requiring a number of hands . thit ^ U , 1 Z , eiUEndera are P easant and good-natured beyond any ™ * « with amongst so barbarous *
S'f &' h t ^ T a people IL -Ll Tr } T consiaered - One of them is called Odoo , trie ochei Togce ; tr . e former is son to one of the princes of that countrv , the outer is son to one of their priests . They 1 ivecoir a , t lv at the lieutenant-. governor ' s , and eat at . 4 table ; tlley Ici «^« fl