Vaee, ’wild plantains. Eupea, a net.
Poe, beads. Mahanna, the fun.
Poe matawewwe, pearl. Malama, the moon.
Ahou, a garment. Whettu, a flar.
Avee, a fruit like apples. Whettu-euphe, a comet.
Ahee, another like chefiuts. Erai, the fly .
Ewharre, a houfe. Eatta, a cloud.
Whennua, a high ijland. Miti, good.
Motu, a low ifland. Eno, • bad.
Toto, blood. A, yes.
Aeve, bone. Ima, no.
Aeo, - flefh. Paree, ugly.
Mae, fa t. Paroree, hungry.
Tuea, lean. Pia, fu ll.
Huru-huru , hair. Timahah, heavy.
Eraow, a tree. Mama, light
Ama, a branch. Poto, JJoort.
Tiale, a flower. Roa, tall..
Huero, fruit. Nehenne, Jkveet.-
Etummoo, the ftem. Mala-mala, bitter.
Aaa, the root. Whanno, to go far.
Eiherre, herbaceous plants. Harre, to go.
Ooopa, a pigeon. Arrea, to flay.
Avigne, a paroquet. Enoho, ' to remain.
A-a, anotherfpecies. Rohe rohe, to be tired.
Mannu, a bird. Maa, to eat.
Mora, a duck. Inoo, to drink.
Mattow, a fljh-hook. Ete, to underftand.
Toura, a rope. Warrido, to fteal.
Mow, a fbark. Worridde, to be angry.
Mahi-mahi., a dolphin. Teparahi, to beat.
Mattera, a fifhing-rod.
5 Among
Among people whofe food is fo Ample, and who in gène- t I769- t
ral are feldom drunk, it is fcarcely neceffary to fay, that Difeafes,.
there are but few difeafes ; we faw no critical difeafe during
our day upon the ifiand, and but few indances of ficknefa,
which were accidental fits of the colic. The natives, however,
are affli&ed with the eryfipelas, and cutaneous eruptions
of the fcaly kind, very nearly approaching to a leprofy.
Thofe in whom this diftemper was far advanced, lived in a
date of feclufion from all fociety, each in a fmall houfe built
upon forne unfrequented fpot, where they were fupplied
with provifions : but whether they had any hope of relief,,
or languifhed out the remainder of their lives in folitude
and defpair, we could not learn. We obferved alfo a few
who had ulcers upon different parts of their bodies, fome
of which had a very virulent appearance ; yet they feemed
not much to be regarded by thofe who were afflifted with
them, for they were left intirely without application even to
keep off the dies.
Where intemperance produces no difeafes, there will be
no phyficians by profedion ; yet where there is fufferance,
there will always be attempts to relieve r and where the
caufe of the mifeliief ariff the remedy are alike unknown,
thefe will naturally be directed by fuperdition : thus it happens,
that in this country, and in all others which are not
further injured by luxury, or improved by knowlege, the
management of the fick falls to the lot of the pried. The
method of cure that is praétifed by the priefls of Otaheite,
eonfids chiefly of prayers and ceremonies. When he vilits his;
patient he repeats certain fentences, which appear to be fet
forms contrived for the occafion, and at the fame time plaits
the leaves of the cocoa-nut into different figures very neatly;:
fome of thefe he faflens to the fingers and toes of the fick,
and