�cos?rs o? AUSTRA?S. under sail, but delayed by light winds we were, at noon, within halfa league of the island, 2. As there was no immediate appearanoe of st braere, I landed on a steep beach, at the N.W. end of the island, whence the latitude was observed to b? 18 � 15", and from which I obtained an useful set of bearings. Near our landing-place were some natives' huts and two canoes; the former appeared to have been recently occupied, and were very snug habitations. They were of a cirodar shape, and very ingeniously constructed by twigs stuck in the ground and arched over, the ends being artfidly entwined so as to give support to each other; the whole was covered with a thatch of dried grass and reeds;they were not larger than two people could eonve. niently occupy. In one of the huts, which was of a more elliptical shape and of larger dimensions than the other, was a bunch of hair that had been recently clipped from either the head or beard. This proves that these operations are not done solely' by fire, as Captain Cook supposed ?, but by means of a sharp-edged shell, which must be both tedious and painful to endure; and we have often witnessed the delight shewn by the ?atives at the speedy effect a pair of scissors has produced . -.
- H?LWKZSWOBTH, vol. 'di. p. f?O.
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