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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    shoulders, spit repeatedly in her face, and trace on her body stripes of diffe. rent colours with ochre and gums. Presently afterwards her new master threw on her shoulders a little bag con- taining provision, ordered her to quicken her pace, and even assisted her with a few kicks, which made her pro- ceed faster than she wished. The huts of these savages are formed in the most rude and barbarous man- ner that can be imagined. They con- sist only of pieces of bark laid together in the form of an oven, open at one end and very low, though long enough for a man to lie at full length. There is reason, however, to believe that they depend less on them for shelter than u 3