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v a r i e - in every .refpeft to thofe already-mentioned; I mean.the natives of
T I E S OK
MEN. E a s t e r - I s l a n d . They are o f a tawny complexion, rather dark-.
er than that o f the Eriendly-Ifles : their men have hardly a bit o f
cloth round their reins to cover, their privities, but the women have,
commonly more covering. Th e y are of a middle fize, between five
. and fix feet, o f a flender habit o f body, having weU-pioportioned
limbs, but not the rnoit pleafing features;5; Th d women are not
quite difagreeable, and rather fmall in proportion. T h e males are
pundtured almoft all over the body, have black hair and thin beards-
Their ears are perforated by a large aperture, and part o f the outer
rim o f the.ear is feparated from the reft by being c u t : in this mon-
ftrous hole, thé natives frequently put a fcrollmade o f a leaf o f the
fügar-cane. T h e y are a friendly, harmkfs fet o f people, and fome
o f them exercifed hofpitality in its utmoft extent, and original purity
; but they were alfo much addicted to thieving. T h e foil is
ftrong and barren, and has extenfive plantations o f potatoes,..fugar-:
Canes, bananas, and eddoes; though wood and water are very fcafeè
articles in this poor country. Th e veftiges o f former plantations on-
the hills, together with many huge• ftone-pillars,' eredted near- the
burying-pkees, to the memory of their deceafed chiefs and heroes
fome of them 27 feet high, are the only , remains o f the former
grandeur and population o f th is - i f tew h i le fome toys", finely carved,
were evident proofs o f their ingenuity and fafte..
Fifthly.
H . U M A N S P E C I E S.
Fifthly. Far remote from'this, and all the other ifles in the
South-Seas, inhabited by the firft race o f people, we find, near the
South-Weft extremity of this fpacious ocean, two large ifles called
N e w - Z e e l a n d , peopled by the fame race o f men. T h e y are o f
a tawny complexion, ftill more darkened in their faces by the cuf-
tom o f puncturing, or rather carving into them, the moil curious,
and regular voiutes, which hinder, in fome meafure, the growth of
a black and bufhy beard. Their lize is generally tall,, their body
ftrong, and formed for fatigue,; their limbs proportioned and well-'
knit. Th e knees, however, are very much enlarged, from the
conftant cuftom o f fitting on their hams in their canoes, and their
legs turned inwards. T h e females are generally thin, a few only:
have tolerable features ; the reft are ill-favoured, though their lhape
and limbs are not without proportion. Their knees are equally enlarged
with thofe o f the men ; and they are harlhly treated by their,
hulbands, for whom they are obliged to do all the drudgery,- as is-
common in all barbarous nations They are hofpitable,.,fincere,.
and
*■ According to Strabo, lib. iii. p, 11,-4, and-Tacitus de inorib. German- c. i , . The
ancient inhabitants of Spain, Liguria,, Celtic:!, and Germany, had likewife the barbarous 1
cuflora of leaving hulbandry, and all laborious work to.their women, whilft they themfelvcs
remained perfectly idle. There arelikeivife in the .prefect age; many barbarous- nations, who
treat their women hardily, and leave all drudgery to them. Upon the river Orenoco, this:
cuftom prevails. GinniUa in OrcnKo ilhjlrada. The fame is obferved in California, by,Father
Venegas, H ijt. o f California, part 1. left. t. The men among the Eikimantsace c-ttremclyindolent,,
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