Kingsize Wombat
Justified & Ancient
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It took me ages too see the dog. I can see it now - but without massive clues, not a chance.
I heard this about our Aborigines - but have heard it thoroughly debunked too. It wasn't that they couldn't see them - they just wanted nothing to do with them. Because the sailors looked weird, smelled awful and had nothing on offer that the locals wanted.
It was a case of "ignore and they just might go away".
I cannot cite a source, but I have a vague recollection of reading of a "south sea island" tribe (or south American?) who were said to be unable to see the European ships just off the coast because they were so unlike anything they had ever seen. Whether this is true or just a good story, I don't know.
I heard this about our Aborigines - but have heard it thoroughly debunked too. It wasn't that they couldn't see them - they just wanted nothing to do with them. Because the sailors looked weird, smelled awful and had nothing on offer that the locals wanted.
It was a case of "ignore and they just might go away".