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1844

[THE BOATS OF THE NATIVES OF THE TERRA DEL FUEGO …]

The boats of the natives of the Terra del Fuego are curiously built, and their bottom ballasted with clay, on which their cooking is performed. The men, as we have said, are great mimics. One of our officers danced and sung "Jim Crow" to a set of them; and a Fuegian immediately, to the great entertainment of the ships' crews, copied both dance and song; the first to perfection, and the last so well that it was thought he pronounced every absurd word whilst he jumped Jim Crow!

Source: "The Courier" (Hobart, Tas.), 5 January 1844
Clipped: 25-IX-2012
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