So-IETT
•'IiVis?1
Eafterlfland.
a As-an appendage tq..tjùs article Jbme account may; be added of Ekfter
Ifland, a detached and remote region* whjcbjt^owjever, fd far, as. the dif-
xoveries yet extend, feems mther.'to,belpng, to-Poly nefia, than tChSquth
America. This ifle appears, to have been |jr|t,,feen by Davison 16^6 ;
and was afterwards yifited by Cook, and La Pqroufe. fLisja^a, triangular
Jormi the longeft fide being a!)out twenty-five milesjiaari.eRgth,,;^nd- at
hne A^tremity -there,' appears to have been -a volcano.r^The^kifi^dfings
farid rude cbloflal images, here Found, imprefled Dr. For%çr with fee
idea thaï Eafter Illand had once been held by a people more advanced in
fociéty than the prefent inhabitants ; but this Opinion a g p ^ i f |.b e
everturned by the obfervations^and prints in the vova^e-Sf La- Egr-oufe.
Thé abundance ofloofe ftones fëems to have led them
In conftru&ing their cottages ; and the door i^ip lorn that'- it w » « l y
admits perfon creeping on hands a n d ^ p e ^ ^ T n x hht
nèiftëd, with a caye^--or cellar, in which tKèfè ."^ ttao e ^ ^ERilir.thc’r
food, tools, and little property, the height b e in g ^ S ^ S c ^ E » ,f iy e |
feëïT The wall of that fide of thec©|fagêL is : exppfed,fO,the
w in d , is confiderablf higher than the reft, fo pr©te£b;the^of,&Mch
ferves as a terrace. There are alfo long_eÿ,fiçæ^ c^ftrudted iM ^ p ktod.
The Morais, or burial places, are of a mope-remarkable ftrudure g |||n g
a kind of platform, In which are fixed- {hàpèleîs^andmhedmhÆpÇes,
rudely carved in imitation of bufta, lbtnetimes,àbdût ^fteén &et in
height, and .the face five feet. In thefe 'a red lava”’ very- porous jjand
light,* is chiefly employed ; and the French engineer obferves that any
difficulty in the ereftion is eafily folved, for “ by the affiftapce of arms,
cords, two levers, and three wooden rollers, it is ëafy to tranfportànd
raifé the moft enormous mafles.” In fa£t there appears no. more art.
than is exerted in the rude carvings found throughout the ifies of
Polyhefia. There iè fcàrcélÿ ,a tall tree in Eafter Ifle, nor .any. brook,
the water being retained in cavities made in the rocks j fiutthe'natives
are very indüftrious, and plant paper-mulberries, and. bananas, with
regular fields of potatoes and yams. They haye the famé language,and
features with the other natives of Polyhefia ; but as,- upon a Identifie
. « Perhaps coral rock, for with the French every thing is lava. Yet according to Df. Foifflst,
OM, 19, there arc. many;volcanic appearances in Eafter Ifland, particularly obfidian.
i ...... ''©ompitifon,
cemparifon, it may perhaps^e-d if e eW tf iê the -extimft' empire o f ^ « ^
Peru was m great part peopled by a fimilar race',, this argument will n o t: 9 H
ofitfêlf%Qlüde.EaftercIftêwk4lhat:diYlïi>ow^. •
.VH. T h’E FRÎiatîDEY' Es les..
Nu* lg/t’o i ^ ^ m a
ir.c: r ijn th e jg -o fitio n l * f ligim*m6 ^ m i p f i ^ t T l i f C &o k / i n 7
' b u t^ p j h a d ^ e ^ f c o y f e ^
bl'Tafmari^fte^;-
^ M C o a p tahlp; J h t f P J e ' ’
m aimers ©f the people -'eorrfefpoffidswlli it%;e iipre^eqgnt' aridlpredfe- in-
forrf^ipm:. giver! by Captain. Cook,¥ and? tMmfbdare.-- nayigatorsi:.-,ipbeyi.'
an|-|’OrFt?afted Wpt 'fihofe.’ of 'OtaHeit&yd a&b^ngl@gfada^lk^ray&^aridk re^-'i
gifllarbe'haviournd the pOwepmf thdehie&.fs mordidefpptIcui.A%reater;
fecurifey. of property ffiaS" alf® feperihlduce&mefcfte^emuity and kiduftry:
b u t ,geherahthedmannersiland.' euftoms. approach foi rieariyy ttraf'a fur—-
^Rcount^might appear repetition ; and tbe? p^rS®|s' afcthe shatives.
ar^like^ife; fimilar, though;the chiefgjffie^jpflrlor
Miffiqnary Yqyage^ 1797, Jheije <i| a&iyfe^reftlfig ta‘ap-^^ong«id.i
T^ga^^boo, (Wh^ch thence appeafs-tQjbe a plaimGppn«y,-in an^p;ye|l|ll|
.the w.ho[e,ri | j ^ ,G^fiftinglsfin- i
with r£ed- with’ iqnume- 1
ra^1 ’£ 9 ^ s- The w b o l e ^ Inch a - gMpJforat a "
reproach to nations- who, call themfelye's civilized. The length of Ton-
gataboo, is only about fixteea miles, by .about eight ,at its -greateft ^
bre4 ^ ’ P n th,f j nortfi fide the|;e,is atJagq,qn,. witL^Wer-al i l
m m m ■ „ , • 5 0 ' ------ — » ............. .. H“ “ -'- ■1U,LCU, i » unquettion blv.
büong to bonth America. What are called Eow Manda befong to thè Society group, and are
ommonly little level patches which 16^ i|'p r6iiiicë cocoa nuts. . , ‘ 1
pl3 I01 Mexicans might alfo:-bave b,een. Malays feems fufficiently ex.
m m m n l i i i p S tW Jfr- Foifter, P. 2S4, See, aifo the Peruvian- voca^iïâry
“i tfte delcription of America, s ■ ' : v’t1-' *
’ ?P«Ks.defcription and print* in Dalrymple’s Colleilion, vol. ii. p. 75.
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