hatchets^ might appear- = t6 r'diir- people* its was" a • matter of
furprize; to olsferve in howdittlAa'-time' the' natives 'Vfere
•able to-fell -a tree"'with them;" though Aot^without "breaking
feveral.
The things whieh I have above mentioned were fuch as
their natural wants required'when "tfiefe- ha'd^be'^i'provided
for, ingenuity fuperadded? a* few. articles ^wliich-might
in- thefe iflahdWbe 'debased fo2iuael.’>' The fhefl'df the'fof-
toife was there •■ remarkably beautiful, and fMebn ativeVetf Pe-
J;EEWff had difeovOred the art of .moulding/ ihhnto 'little trays",
ordifhbsy'and into fpoons^with which* on particular bC'da*
fioris, they eat their fifh and y ams^Sfe’i^e of tEAgreat Indies
had • alfo" bracelets -of'the fa'nie *mahuf^<Stu«.e’f -and'-eaT-ringi
-ihlaid' with, fh'ells,; \-
r V * H-ow theyI conceived) this; art of working; the fiortoife^fhelli
ar the" idea of improving on a-natural advantages! or.what
,precefs4hey ,mad& ufe Of tQ~effe& k^opr Peo'jJe Ead'no'op-
portu’nityI b$ ditfcb'vei-ing5-d
On daya’of> public .feftivity,; therejwasr ufually b h h g h f out
the veffel mentteneddft ^ ^ L L p r^ ^ i^ th e^ .e g u r ed ^ a s ’ cdy
prefenting a bird, the to p< tf:M u ch lifted off, Forming its;
back. It contained' about thirty-fix SiH'gliJJo q u a r t 's .and was
filled with fweet drink for the King and his Rupacks. This
was’Abba T hulle’s property; and,..when one confidcrS.it
as the, work of fo much time and patience; (and the mole
eftimable, as being the only vefiel of the kind in their; conn?
m I I H try)
■ See;.pfaie IK
fig- i. and 2«
See plate f*J,
'fig- 2.
a !>r»
; Plate I f f ,
fig■ 3.C