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holding them up between Ms. fore-finger and thumb, made
.a fhort fpeech, and with a loud voice called out the perfon’s
name for whom they were defigned, and immediately ran
and gave them to him, .and then returned in a flow pace to
the old Rupac'k for the next, which was prefented in the
fame manner.— Gaptain W ilson- remained in the houfe
obferving the ceremony, till the hnguift was fent to him,
when he Went out, and was directed to a feat near to his
friend Raa K ook, and fooa after two tortoife-fhell fpoons,
and a firing o f red beads, which were made from a coarfe
fpecies o f cornelian, were brought forward, which the before
mentioned officer holding up, called out Engiees, and
inftantly ran and prefented them to the Captain.—^Abb a
T hulle’s beads, which were of glafs % were given to Raa
Kook, who perfcnated the King on this, occafion.
There certainly appears, from what has been faid, to
have been fome etiquette, not properly underftood by our
people, in Abba Thulle’s retiring whilft the old Rupack
was diftributing his favours.— There was reafon to fuppofe,
that if their rank was the lame, yet the ceremonials of
* The heads firft fpokenof were of their own making, being a. kind of coloured earth
■ baked : they made them alfo at P elew, but our people had never any opportunity of
feeing how they were manufactured.— They alfo confidered as beads the glafs ones
laft mentioned, being only bits of broken glafs, which they had the art of drilling; feme
beads they law of this kind were made of green and white glafs, being fmall pieces of
broken bottles which had been got out of the A ntelope.
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