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in thatching to fix the palm-leaf to the-rafters-, for- railing to their
houfes.^ and for lathingsfffrthat. ate more durable than cord,. ,
Y a 'via is a flirub, whofe. rpot is peppery and hot:; as' it fiirniflieS'
thek -«djE greft%rgtqr^
The preparation i s difgufting « feveral womeft, have each a .portion
gives! fchte-hp'ohejwi-p f ^%en
maflfeatedi, they fpit into a bowl, jpter>w h ich . fo p e fo f fhej leaves of
the; plant ate I Sifely j l i s t e n xdhey -a^-wafer,L,p*
the-whole is the^iAye^ftisaivatodheighisrqUiehJy to ferment,, when it is
flrained or wrung out in the-mooo grafe- Ofi eoeOa-nut fibre? ,-ariji drank
» e^aiofcTddsdrtefyig!^. -jgis highly intoxicating, and feems for a
w l^ it e fd ^ ^ eA h to r f t fb th ^ ']^ .« f ,tkgjh;iijn.hs^ they he dowt* apd
heep'fftdhitfee
Hfflabs. chafed: :1SHthr:th€^;,-^oAiepsfnih»ndsvbl ;Jd gj-hi-'flf *hn..y*«a.
is 1,'a fnfScient- dolej forr a'ma®. .When they^dfinkrfe^hf y
«at fbmethbjg aftefiw*^^ and. :fo<|neatly; fisfe. s*fep: with tfeerpps«
vifioas fit. their « » « f e t-When.diattkieJle* Aheaffy meal fe produces
butilittte eflfeEhri J i&ftet feme ^ontinuanee.of ya^^ddpMyg^ nbgi flfMii.
b«gihsita;be<ipvieafhd-^th^whitilhfeBff,;lfBte: t&^prpfy,, which ggygjf
regdridasra bffl%e>of nobility ;; the-rfm gm w m i mdMfim^^d j -^ 4
tKe folesLfefi : the feet parched! apd «racked Into deep ehapsA ^ ^ p i e i
lips in winter. ©nithe.dMbpntinuanee of the-praftiee, ho-weyer,
Ikin foon becomes fmooth.and dean,, and they grow fat, though-few
areifcaxpd iwito deny thsinfehtes thefefep f
moflly, to .thfc chiefs and theif followers i the cpmAton people can
feldom procure fetch,an indnigence.
.rSRoa^ eai fega&calM^-gfaWjSs here feismtaneonfly, p f a few *®
any in .either ladies, and i f Co iti^ edi W P i^ b ^ jinpch laafgex and
richeis/ but the. natives make, y etylittlg, j jfe o f ..ihiiexGept!ito^chyw a
piece s they are travelling:! and when it gets high „ they.oft^n.fefcit
on fire, .to dear the land.
Bo© ERko ristoMo , thevcdfe^ge#b> grow-P ito tho'/ft|Q»tS^p«*
but to no great fize. The mtivesifeJdQJhJeat it. T h e bw es rebroble
As>®»»r«3^ j TO' THE SOUTH-SEA ISLANDS. $97
fern, and.tfbr^tadircrfci-QiSnd^the/tDpjof the tree, the&bbage riling
in thqsmfddlp. The tree kabouithirtrydeet high:;,', the. hark' rough,:
and hangihg doWnfefee flfefealefrof a fifh.froni top to bottom. i
AmaAg* the herbs ;;thfer.e! isi i , kind; o f creffe^ Which, furniflfes : an
agfeejdxtfbfalad.. RSli,£hesvi!e^hlo0, and .all .our culinary' vege^
tatte^ ikefnow cultivated,/* but the/Ghahciteansr^tE, partial to their own-
htflfe ireiillv what we Haye brought them, regarding,
them a£ ctnidfitieS-, rather than o f any - utility. ’’
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THEIR «anOes-are ©fjdifferent fezes : '.tHey^are.nkrroW, randfeave
outrigger^ /Pfca^dp^bled by.lalhibg. two together. Th^ W&r c<mo$*
are -lalways,double, from. fixty todnmetyr.feet -long? ;ab.oiSt; three ttyA
W ife and fix ih* depth,: ^h€f-ftesn.j,rtfe§ frdjn. twelve-to tWenty^fbur,
fegtfefegk. .T hey afe fttongly. fCeured by c'rofe pieces, firmly hound}
and extending* over both Hides,, being fifteen, or, twenty feetiir^lengfe
The Canoefe* themfelvfes^areifromj feuf to fix-Jfeet, afunder i; -6n A e fe a'
flags is.erefted fortlSb- warriors :- in the flage there afe.fputtlevhbfes;
^ .p a d d lin g .?^fe|sh canoe''is ; pkddfed by- ffxty o f .a hundred men-?
and fhp tegfeft capable o f carrying; three s hundred pctfepsbL.^iJfhe*
foreipart a breaflwork o f^ l^ k isrrfefid about fojit fest.highhaat ,thi«
t^ . ‘fpfflhnen are'pofteids; behind'thob 'thd flingdrs^with
bafkets o f ftones / and eyejy peddler has ^thisiweaponfp. .Them at^clfS
are made with great fdry, rdnning o».;,boards thefe‘ ;ad«e^ry^ anfe
fparmgtnhnC but thofe whoattend the la4 j®gi. The.VasequitfhCd can
©nly fav@j,theirfelyqs-,b^{jumping into the fea, and fws®ammg' t<^;tbo
eSSnoes not, clofely' engaged. The Canoe takers^ is tarried ofifjby.thp
oonquer.bry^ triumph< i 'i!%ich, was' the fete oft great part o f Qtm’g