. A voyage round the world, but more particularly to the north-west coast of America [microform] : performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon ; dedicated, by permission, to Sir Joseph Banks, Voyages around the world; Botany; Zoology; Voyages autour du monde; Botanique; Zoologie. I I NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA. In their drcfs, there is little variety ; ilie men generally wearing coats (fuch as 1 have aheatly delciibed; made of I'uch ikins as fancy fuggclis, or their fuccefs in hunting furniihcs them with, and fometimes th
. A voyage round the world, but more particularly to the north-west coast of America [microform] : performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon ; dedicated, by permission, to Sir Joseph Banks, Voyages around the world; Botany; Zoology; Voyages autour du monde; Botanique; Zoologie. I I NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA. In their drcfs, there is little variety ; ilie men generally wearing coats (fuch as 1 have aheatly delciibed; made of I'uch ikins as fancy fuggclis, or their fuccefs in hunting furniihcs them with, and fometimes the loofe cloak thrown over the ihoulders, and tied with fmall leather firings. Eefidcs this, fume of tlie more ci- vilized fort, particularly thofe in Cook's River, wear a fniall piece of fur tied round the waill, when the heat of the day caufes them to throw their coat afide, or they are difpofed to fell it. The drefs of the women dirters in fome refpcJts from that of the men : their under garment is made of tine taiuied leather, and covers the body from the neck to the ancle, being tied in dificrcnt parts to make it fit clofe: over this is tied a piece of tanned leather like an apron, and which reaches no higher tlian the waill; the upper garment is made in much the fame manner as the men's coats, and generally of tanned leather, the women not caring to wear fius, as they were always unwilling to be flrii)ped of their gar- ments, which, fliould they happen to be worth purchafmg, their hulbands alway in fitted on their being foldj indeed, the deport- ment of the women in general was decent, modell, and becom- It might be inivigined, that the children of thefe flivagcs would enjoy the free and unreftrained ufe of their limbs from their car- hell infancy; this, however, is not altogether the cafe: three pieces of bark are faflened together, fo as to form a kind of chair, the infant, after being wrapped in fuis, is put into this chaij-, and laflied fo clofe, that it cannot alter i
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