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Although induftryj however zealous? muft be flow in producing
its purpofej unaided by proper implements^ and labour
rendered. extremely - tedious from this;defipiendy,-a yet,
in regionswherefuchadvantages^are denied, weCdbnht: find-
that the ardour of attempting is abated* AfeeadpJ]teifeye&
ranee, to a certain degree, accompliftie's: the' end aimed a t ;
and; Europe, hath, not without reafon, been aftonilhed. at; the
many>imgular produCtkhST imported .from] the. fe^thern dif-I
m^#ies,sfe;neatly and curionfly wroughthy a)Etlefs, hahdsy
nnafflfted' but. by fuch fimple tools‘ as. fcr.Ve; only , tn in.
ereafe our furprize, when .we fee ho]W. much; they. have
pffeiSteth—Every man,; by his daily labour,; gained; (hisadaiiy
fuftenance: neeeffity impoli^g; this_ exertihny no4dfeoc indolent.
people were.feen, not even among thofe. whom : fupe-r
ridf rank might have exempted: on. the.’ cdnfraryfc; thefe
excited their inferiors fe toil and adhvityj ^yrth^r oivn eia-?
amples.; The King himfelf was the. heftmaker of. hatchets
in the ifland, and was ufually at work whenever difengaged
from matters o f importance.— Even the women fhared in
the common to il; theylaboured in the plantations o f yams,
and it was their .province to pluck out all. the weeds,'1 that
fhot up from ■ between the.ftones o f the paved caufewaysi
They manufactured the mats and balkets, as well .as attended
to their domeftic concerns. The bufinefs o f tatooing was
alfo carried on by them ; thofe^yho ; entered on , this employment
were denominated TacB§^artbeU , or female artifts,—
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