contrary, way, ünàble to keep their fufficient diftance, fo that they
are earned together' b y therulhing wave, and hurled neck and’ heels
pn Ihore befeffâhéy can* difembsurafs themfelvesj arid'get well bruifed
on their landing’.' The women arë HfcÉîmtfât this fport and Iddeâh,
the qüe^imôinèr, is reckoned the.moft expert in the whole iflahd.
The children take-the Tame-’<ftve&oiTm a weaker furf,~„-learning to
fwim as foon as they learn to walk; and féldoxn meet with any' accident,
except "being dafhed bn the beach ;r but'hafdly été: $p#lfdn is
drowned. I f a fhark bornés in aihöng th em ,n h e y 'äW » Ä i6 » h im ,
aliH forcé lunfo^ffiôrè'yîS fhey^cah^feut once hhlc/the ferfl;
though théy^ ufe ftio inftruments fer thè purpofe ; and flioüld'îfi'é
efcap’e'fhhey contirîue their fport/ unapprehen^i'^e'-of/dangerlJ This
diverfioniis moft bbmmón' when the-wefterly winds:prevail, >â$$kêy
rtfo-aKrays attended with-a heavy fwell, which continues many da’ÿs
after the bad" weather is abated. •1
Their amufements on fhore art, throwing the
ftièotiüg w i th bows-andaîtowS, Wrèftlingi däfleing, ànlf feverhl other
games; a t all which the women have their turn àsfwell asrfKe*fh%ir;
hüb they always'«jday fepärately frbfe Äch-’öther .
:TKé jàvéfâfsiâgé from eight to fourteen feetfen’g,'1 and -pointed; with
tlïè fwhârra, of pähn-free. Thefe theyTïiklat à -mark>!ftt^iq>vat the
diftance o f thirty or forty yards, with'great exaétnefs.* They1 hold5 the
in the Wg^ht hand,-and ipbife it ©ver-tl^’ fere^Ägeb cfeSie left. At
this giA@ibhe dife$<9: often ^ a y i againft' another, but never for any
wager, only the diftrkft in which they play 'pfevictes an entertainment.
Their bows are Made o f poroW, and thêitf: arrows o f fffiall bambdSs,
p o in té with töa Wcfod, which they fix-'on with bread-fruit-1 gum.
The bow-ftrings are made o f the bark o f the roava ; with-thèfe they
fhoot againft each other, not at a mark, but for the greateft diftance.
They never ufe. this infiniment in war ; and the clothes they wear on
this 'occafion are facred to the - game, and never worn at any other
time. Since they have learned the ufe of more deftruétive weapons,
iMb guns ,3iwhighr!fhfiyshntejjpro^rdflffon®/ h ^ /'th ^y fftjie flfid'te have
become' excellent. 'markfrn.cn.
They are dexterous wreftlcrs. When they challenge each other
they ftrike the bend of the left arm with the right hand, and if.lefty
handed,n tigvsrferifh -arnal be&g bemt;i.'rreeQiyas»tM> handfon
::andrsaakes'‘3 fend* j^Mad^he.fe;am(|v:htBTxfefnBithed[api
acefept£ct|ip-; chaHe*%op i f >to ilay
h ^ ft^ ^ ^ -tan tag o n iflfs yTflehaiagSsjirhmediately, .formed/ and they
clgfe'j.yith -eadhl other-. i-jcjA^/jfobn as Snaggle hfuealintubh^ifall
of-, .either/f hca-fllcm-dy retires1, nnefej.inQum ..anjbidifgEacep: and tRe
«X>ij'qherort gb^>tflappang(feu'nd die -rihgi; f d I f ith«rp wrbftle ome/ftiftridl
againft -»aether/ : th e . women always wreftle firft, and the , mnn
fe?cgedxiL At 'this, - IddeahiwtheK^pueehsmother^ijexcelai^I /arriiais/heft
jM party, is won or loft/ t-h©otv®ihenfefrthetvi^6ifeuncdilhd(Sb ftrike
up -a dances, fj | Iddeah-is Mbiteohefemcaiiesy stork!,ssp»
points;-thp number of-fallswhich fha-11 bfsaAade :; th e 'p a rty which
•g^ih^ritha#: -puiKfiher 3 is adjibdigfedjtheixi&ot-/ arnd. jthe vabquifhed
■exprpfi^nbfethc. leaft- diflatisfadhibi}. . Img&netaft; thelwojamen hear, their
foife wcjrie' than the th,eri,'narid'- bettfay ©Soft righs-rbfl-angeri at’ being
worfted,« - --t rr -■ •>, ]
'ydtjtfy 'if¥qd^tlys3 exercift a t , qraafter/ftaff’;* a n f c t e 5f i | r ,l®p®t
at-defending their .head, andyriiootbcnpaists -.’08 their bbdyrjf; thisothey
pt^^ft-iffe® itibent;fehdefhfl agerii Babe .foidnnfc rofJdfefence ihhq chief
h u t rather idi%race ij
'merefpre they aJWayis hjcfeathfeifear,i ilfpfeffibieirr u
in' h a t^ ji and;; thfo^»--ftoheawathtgleati fefte,aridatolerable eskdbndfs'. •
Their .flings; are made from|the: plaited; fibres iof, the leocok-nut hulk,
having a broader part to receive the ftone.riat .one .erid is a loop.for the
.hand1, in order to keep-the fling Taft when :they.difcharge.the ftone;-
ln charging the fling -they hold it round their, flroulders; f keepinig the
hone fail in it with their left thumb-,, andijunip.ibg,irfwihg. ,tbe fling
thtee times round- their heads,|holding, the- left; hand grafped on1 the
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