First Fleet by Rob Mundle

Author:Rob Mundle [Mundle, Rob]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
ISBN: 9780733332364
Google: P8n9oAEACAAJ
Publisher: ABC Books
Published: 2014-08-14T14:00:00+00:00

His second encounter was quite different – it was born of innocent curiosity and humour.

At the head of the Inlet we met another party of the Natives … & a number came round the boat … what attracted their notice most was our Clothing particularly the Great Coats & hats, which they were very desirous of obtaining. The natives wanted much to know of what sex we were, they certainly took us for women as we had not our beards grown. They expressed a great desire to have their Curiosity satisfied on which I ordered one of the boats Crew to satisfy them in this respect. On which they set up a shout, & pointed to the Shore where a number of Women & Children were sitting all in puris naturalibus … [I] showed a handkerchief which I offered to one of the Women [who] came alongside of the Boat, when I applied the handkerchief where decency seemed to demand it, the natives on the shore & round the boat set up another very great shout [of laughter] & my female visitor retired …

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