A
Engliih.
A daughter,
The fun,
i,
The Jhore,
What is that ?
There,
A chief,
Great, oxpowerj
To kifs,
Mangeea.
Maheine,
Heetaia matooa.
Ou,
Euta,
Ehataieee ?
Oo.
Ereekee,
Manna ( an adjunct
to the laji).
Ooma.
Otaheite.
Maheine.
Wou.
Euta.
Owytaieeoa?
Eree.
The natives of Mangeea feem to refemble thofe o f Otaheite
and the Marquefas in the beauty of their perfons, more than
any other nation I have feen in thefe feas; having a fmooth
ikin, and not being mufcular. Their general difpofition
alfo correfponds, as far as we had opportunities of judging,
■with that which difi.inguifh.es the firit mentioned people.
Tor they are not only cheerful, but, as Mqurooa ihewed us,
are acquainted with all the lafciviousgefticulations which the
Otaheitedns praftife in their dances. It may alfo be fup-
pofed, that their method of living is fimilar. For, though
the nature of the country prevented our feeing many of
their habitations, we obferved one houfe near the beach,
which much refembled, in its mode of conftruftion, thofe
o f Otaheite. It was pleafantly fituated in a grove of trees,
and appeared to be about thirty feet long, and feven or
eight high, With an open end, which reprefented an ellipfe
divided' tranfverfely. Before it, was fpread fomething white
on a few buihes ; which we conjeftured to be a fiihing-net,
and, to appearance, of a very delicate texture.
They falute ftrangers much after the manner of the Nèw *777-
! • • • n _ B March, Zealanders, by joining nofes ; adding, however, the addi- ^
tional ceremony of taking the hand o f the perfon to whom
they are paying civilities, and rubbing it with a degree of
force upon their nofe and mouth *.
* T h e inhabitants o f the Palaos, New Philippine^ or rather Caroline Illands, at
the diftance o f almoft fifteen hundred leagues from Mangeea, have the lame mode o f
falutation. “ Leur civilité, & la marque de leur refpeéfc, confifte à prendre la main?
46 ou le pied de celui à qui. ils veulent faire honneur, & s’en frotter doucement 'tout-
“ le vifage.” Lettres Edifiantes & Curieufesy T om ,x v . p, 208. Edit. 1781*
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