the iOttftam ihiother diftridfe. j l f we ffcta.Il he (enabled Qrdy sfptppt
eiidfo a practice fo inhuman, and xto anduce thefspr^^^^pemile%tp
preferve and commit -to .our > nurture die infantsud&yqted .todeftrudtiQni,.
we fhall acknowledge this .alone would amply reward us-fop the
labours -of love in which we are engaged^ i
S E>C„TI q h ,
Singular Cujloms.
W H E N a -woman takes a -hufband, fhe immediately^;provides
fc s fe lf with a Ihark^s rtoeth., w h k h fe ed .witk
■ gamnsA /-an inftmment .that'L^\^,i*b©ift asepa£t^r,,of .ftie
looth bare, fo r -the rpurpofe o f wounding fhe head, ;lik,e ,a ,lan,cet.
Some o f thefe have itwp r.ar 'three i teeth, and -ftruck forcibly .they
■ fenng > blood -in «©pious iftrqjms;; ^ceardingitp fheiJpyerllijty h ^ ,tbjs
■ .party, and /the;vwlenmhfhheb;grieC,> tbeiftrqfesiam repegfed.d^|he
-head ; and -this has been/known io h fin g ©n/fever, jased terminate in
madnefs. I f any accident happens to the hnfhaqd/. jhfe fixations
•or friends, or their child, the ihark’s tooth jg<^.fo wQak;^rand
■ ■ even :if the child only fe ll dcnto and hurt,dtfebF,rilhe fbJ©od »add
rtears mingle together. . A s the .child, from th e ;pioment- <$-this
.birth, /fucceeds.'t» call /the honours azod dignity b ffhfe -fenbfeW: ^ iy
infult offered to him is felt more deeply, by the : parents than i f
.offered to themfelves. Should the child die, the houfe is prefently
/filled with relations, . cutting their heads ;and making the Icaidefl
.lamentations.
On this occafion, in /addition, toother tokens-of grief, theparentS
/cut. their hair ihort bn: one. part o f their heads, leaving the refflopg.
.AwndoA.-]] TOATHE SQMTHtSEA^-ISLANlDS.
SomelimeS' this-/ is £onfi®5^|ta^a,fqda£e;patch'©n cthebforehead j at
.others th q y d ^ e th^ipend'Cta/’offal^hd/reffr/fometlmds ©hunch is
daft -biea^ojh,; ^vifertetimeso.oy&r'hone boLpsf ahdhfDfnetiihes :orte
■ hhlfi.isj qlipped qhttepl$fegahdl the-othei jlsft fcBgE^w'ffipn^!; and!thefe
ifcrfifetiines (prolonged!fpf;twb ofthtied yehrs. '»
.r jXheifem^r'riage& arepefformed w ithout ceremonies,' hutharidukara
I f A y^bmari be.faivdrg^dAheffather anckmother
.peffoA^a%a^iQ©^| ^ Qftfefferihgb dft-^'h'agbbsifQwl, 'iahdqp%hfaikft.re&,
tqsyihfir f9nTinrfew^3^qfor«3iifk^'i. cart , touch'’any- off hist pjjfe/ifiqns’j
’bhtiPbtifawidolw^.oftif^aratedvfrqm^fformefthHfba^voiThewj&’s
•fefetionsc make; .aj^pigfeptoto^jlkjg^f .clofh,: &cf'tQjx.ifh'e n6w-mafried
B^Ss/n A&.fhey agregj th^yhvei©ither!on[the'hulbandi-.qi: wi&ls eftate*
^ ^ ^ 'A e y rp ap c-e a ch ifd ta^ s thfeir ifewoi 1
brtcC^ef. (eparatiQpJ1ofJ/th b ,w ^ e n rfromrdfeii?'ht|fbanas /on ajjSacficailar
ocjc^qfii, .CfevOdlham hadipnc.e:thm€}^
into the!h#f vo fJ.his;%yp:a pam.edAffrtpphrsy^y ^Flpp/te^Ppikedrihmi
-feid:akne;.o0:fhgnbadffead,capdihis^feiym^jprbthc^dorl; tlnquaiihig'
fh§-irfa||offc f e p ^ n f p j f e f d jhimiMMwasfbltetifeafhojwfejat prfcfent
u#a4eiell16rQ 6aheitean femmdw infirmity«'»! -
,b W rW a woman brings fofiftWfhi^piktpdi-'pfihut is raffed within
tha hupfe j with rfiat&ngt ahdvjcloth 5 .heated ffonese are/bb'tnp^ .
W h fwefef .jherbs 'and grafs. fe
fpripkled, apd.-fhe is dklfej^'Bib!upipifife,.ff'eam !TOh|chrkfeB^itilI> fhe
is in ajproper perfgiration^ abd-jican-endiir^the heaf (npHon^er >,;fi$fn
tbis^ipc^i^bath fhe^qrap oilt andlplungefeih^lhf; riveiMndtwafhing-
hflffel|rfiftdye£i|)«tsrqnther §J.b|hes, andfakeslKhe chfld Withe^horaf?
r e p e a t s , o f t e n brin^ibmlhe aguei> ^or dould
they.% petfuaded -to |eihkfromforpisp6f^rourja5 c u f to h ^ d fS b e ih l^
{he foi'ceiof: prejudice. 1
The ch^dstbsmg'jiyafhed, if; taskedl^Lth'tfeapbth'er tprfHe famiM
IPQijai; wherb, lifter thfer. father, hath tftade. ancoffering^fi a young
pjgiQt fowl,: with a plantain-tree, the, nayel-fhang ;is:.feparatedy -about
ten inches being left, by one o f the .prieftsvwho alwaysiatteiids, -and
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