V eyelids. Their difeaffet'are few?; '>1 ' have ((indeed! terffly>#çfefaved
* *;3tli^appea^ncé<l>ftaiiy arid' they are as yet happily free; from that
“ fatal malady w h ich lias made fuch ravages in the Society. Iflands<” : '
Refpeâing the ‘perfohsy drefs- Jtm*o^,4i£ef îlof thefe : people, A ve
found them exaâfly as defcribed in tCook’s Second' Voyage, where he
fày^ thatfit-fstïfymmèttÿ-Affliape and regular .features', they ; perhaps
Vffurpals. ail other' nàtioite/jfrNet'aEÊngie deformed. or fill-prpppfetianed
V:'perfanavàs';feen.t«rfiîÉe:ifhmd^itdlowQoec ftrongy tally .wplfe|hml>£Éh
^.!âaé remarfcahlytaiâi-yfe1.; T h è mencaredhèm
ifi tbîfetffeetfjetheirdSth drewnot foigood, npr'are'lhehjh^ssfei'-î^^^
t* as thofe o f many other nations îfïÂehdhaà&fi&rjtfiImanyrsèiîfe^ri#
(A bûtïnoHë md j : fçanecïhahe^â: Tongixhét : the maftagMe®! m
tfnikg Wemit:ffî.coet,;ex<fcept a bunçh orreach^fî^jofTthe which
f t'ithëj -fislinjfàiibnpiteir. Their .Countenances ares plëafîngvfopêjij - and
f ‘ .dif|3aym u ch vivacity. ; They are q f a.&w ny èP^pl^âQTO iphieh
'i s i rendered almeft -black b y theïpunâures :@fi th^ wh o lf ihody.
“ . They; werei entirely naked, except; a final! piece o f cloth round their
“ waift and loins. Tfaefepuhcftiires vfere 'difpofedswfth(.tli^titfncxft
“ regularityij fo I that the marks on each leg, arm, and; Cheekj'were
in general, fimilar.’’ ..
vâ The women me mther bfilowfhiture,; though-w^lipfoportioped,
arid' their général colour iriehning to browm We obferved that .fome
who,-on our firft arrival.-wére almoft as fair afe Eurbpeàns, by coming
ofF to the fhip and expofipg themfelves to the Tun, became afterwards
quite dark-coloured. But a few o f ithéfe were punétured ohtàttqueeh
T hé chie f’s After had feme parole! lines bn h er arms, other» flight
punâures on the infidc o f rTheir lips, - and even upon- their eyelid Si
T h e y wear a dong ria-mow/pleee'af tfioth Wrapped txteo<çff thteCtimes
found their waift, and the ends tucked lip between their thighs?* .above
this is abroadi-pieceof cloth, nearly as large as a fheet, tied.; at the
.upper comers * [ they la y the knot over one fhoulder, and the garment
hanging' Joefereaehéfr h d f w ay down the Jtègkf. :
“ Their canoes are irade.-af wood and the bark o f a foft tree, which
“ g&QWS.Weafcrthgcfea,, iand dfoVerw ,proj^r;f<£f jthg ,‘pu.rpoft •• their
i&>fegfedixtegj5fr tarnt,y fget,h and; abo^t-nfixteen inches
Ä . k f& i b . : -The head and ftern-areifor-m^oult^dtwd'f «pieces, o f
letso J rÄ f *ferrPpr:^ ui^ ed^ an 4 ' tferlaj^eröends:. in a. point ^iwhich
•4to'j®liSi^fts'*hGjj^gn^.lJj«'/^iandfiaj-/dggoratedJwith'«ar rude caryed" figure,
i^fi^Y^ä^-^^L^efegihiance.^'a hu9aa%^facei*4f|So.rne.;ofi the canoes
• abr]^t:(:'pen; fyil,z bu^X-liey ta^'jge%eigJlgg ^öjwdd'.withljp^ddles.-”
'.Ä ^ ^ S h ia ^ e p i I^ Q n fv^ n a o ih y^ a^ l^ u g ! o^^efhjachir'cauditwo
or. relb y^-geef lb indifferent--as fh^rcUystq %im>wheh
] t^ere^aB^aghj^eze @f w ind. 1
'ifrf&h<h?$ly ‘same fowh^ar^Gq^a and, h ^ a i^ id ^ th e h quadrupeds
h.tgs s ■ but th e woods are inhabited byTmaÜ, birds, 'jWjhdfe-fplu-
^mage^ p^e edin gjy bf^ftfifilJi jandrjtheirf ngtes-fweetly va^ed-s-^iWe
yerq-fpryyjWi? had» jifd,^e-^oatf ttbgiyfe
i&?¥?q^the}?llX§ro % ^ n d p f 'th efelaniIn4 s ^, tJj&Pfee chief itofik them
:.^^,^xpqk.wheppv^r:be yypnt- k f
i ^ nci j we runjalpng, thoeaft "fide finsthsrmprningwerehferved
twp. or.^threeiffarxdy bays,, vyhe’nce fertile' valleys run towards -iHe*eeny
s; »whichlaft ape broken and rugged, nflrig; in feveral,placeS
fy^0Ä^jfef®iiVtthatjgiye-^re i^andoayeiyjeii^^is'lapp^rasce; cFrom
there came off-a ,canpe..withifena^men^whoMteftei^a
.length-pf time < ^ e ^ p g f id e i.-aad'igof^T#^tich^fr9sn5-h®j :for
^ hj?h 1^31^pothipS --t'S-ighre in- return,-r-byt-, feemingrafraidT®ftS^,
ju y q f f , immediately, Behind ,.th&' Wrtltoe^s ppSjMa skfgtl^bhhfe
ÄKSrtel^FiäJahhsM ttyfftQr >men bghqvft ^ygfe^"plgfe>M-|bg.te^g§^
we.il^vet t e , - i f e i P i t h e m , ; :but they; a^ T o^fed,ääfr4idy> ahd? kept
aloof.,; At this tip^w e f a y a Angle-canoe ^put oft fre>^i a fine bay-on
y^e thhcanoe
ichl^ha», and had,th^fame,kind p f Jatteennfail s¥yhey came-.cl@fe
tS c-|he,fhip; and ^talked hoUlyss-;Md iw h e » it^ d fä # f « ® -Manoo
upqn.'the deck, one o f them1 ftood u,p and!;made,-fbmeä-jyery> fe f,
fm a u » ,g e fe # s 2 i i .*kf■ Iaft
u a