A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 594 pages of information about A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1.

A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 594 pages of information about A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1.
Mogude lia
Throat Wurt Cad-le-an
Nipple Bpep Na-bung
Belly Ko-bul Bar-rong Lomangui
Posteriors Wa-la-kah Boong Nune
Thigh Dtou-al
Knee Wo-nat Go-rook Ronga
Leg Maat Dar-ra Lerai
Foot Jaan Ma-no-e Pere
The sun Djaat Co-ing Panubere

[* From Collins’ Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol.  I. p. 610-611]

[** Voyage de D’Entrecasteaux, par M. de Rossel.  Tome I. p. 552 et. seq. These words are written after the French pronunciation of the letters.]

The following anatomical admeasurement of one of the best proportioned of our visitors was furnished by the surgeon, Mr. Hugh Bell: 

Full height                                                 Ft.  in. 
Circumference of the head                                    5    7   6
From the transverse nasal suture to the posterior ridge      1   11   0
of the occiput                                           1    3   0
From the small rim of each ear across the forehead           1    0   0
From the nasal suture, over the nose, to the tip of the chin 0    5   2
From ditto to the tip of the nose                            0    1   0
From the tip of the nose to the edge of the upper lip        0    1   0
From the edge of the under lip to the tip of the chin        0    1   5
Extent of the mouth                                          0    2   1
nostrils                                       0    1   6
lower jaw from each angle                      0    8   6
Length of the arm                                            1    1   6
fore arm                                       1    0   0
middle metacarpal bone                         0    4   0
middle finger                                  0    4   3
femur, from the great trochanter
to its lower end                          1    5   6
tibia                                          1    4   6
foot                                           0   10   0
Length from the protuberance of the inner ankle to the tip
of the heel                               0    3   9
Ditto to the end of the great toe                            0    8   6
Circumference of the neck                                    1    0   6
chest                                   2    8   9
pelvis                                  2    4   9
arm                                     0   10   6
elbow joint                             0    9   6
fore arm                                0    9   9
wrist                                   0    6   0
thigh                                   1    7   6
Circumference just above the knee joint                      1    1   0
of the knee joint                              1    1   0
of the leg, immediately below the knee joint  0   11   0
of the leg                                     1    0   0
of the leg small                              0    7   6
of the foot                                    0   10   6

Our operations at the observatory were not favoured by the weather; but a sufficient number of observations was obtained for all the purposes of navigation: 

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