 | James Cook - 1882 - 588 páginas
...extent. On approaching the shore, we could perceive with our glasses that several of the natives were armed with long spears and clubs, which they brandished...between the thighs, covered that part of the body. But some of them had pieces of cloth of different colours, white, striped, or chequered, which they... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1849 - 456 páginas
...he could perceive with his glass that several of the natives, who appeared upon a sandy beach, were armed with long spears and clubs, which they brandished in the air with signs of threatening. Most of them were naked, but a few had pieces of cloth of different colours, white, striped, or chequered,... | |
 | James Cook - 1999 - 494 páginas
...extent. On approaching the shore, we could perceive with our glasses that several of the natives were armed with long spears and clubs, which they brandished...between the thighs, covered that part of the body. But some of them had pieces of cloth of different colours, white, striped, or chequered, which they... | |
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... armed with long spears and clubs, which they brandished in the air with signs of threatening, or, as some on board interpreted their attitudes, with invitations to land. Most of them appeared naked, except having a sort of girdle, which being brought... 
