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without a due observance of which, Krusenstern says, 

 it is in vain to seek a matrimonial alliance at St. Chris- 

 tina.* In the preservation of their dead, wrapping 

 them in an abundance of cloth and mats, they copy 

 the Otaheitans and Hapaeans ; though in the ulti- 

 mate disposal of them in caves, and keeping them 

 above ground, they differ from all the other island- 

 ers. Their language and religion are closely allied 

 to several, yet they differ essentially from all the 

 above-mentioned tribes in having no huge carved 

 images surmounting their morais, and no flatookas 

 or wattas. Unlike them also, they are deficient in 

 canoes, though they might easily construct them ; 

 they have neither clubs, slings, nor bows and 

 arrows ; and are wanting in those marks of self- 

 mutilation which some tribes deem indispensable on 

 the death of their chiefs or esteemed friends, or in 

 cases when they wish to appease their offended 

 deity. 



They are for the most part fairer and handsomer 

 than the Sandwich Islanders, but less effeminate than 

 the Otaheitans. The average height of the men is 

 above that of Englishmen, but they are not so 

 robust. One man who came on board measured six 

 feet and half an inch, and one on shore six feet, two 

 and a half inches. The former measured round the 

 thorax, under the arms, three feet two inches and a 

 half; and a person of less stature three feet one inch. 

 The thickest part of the middle of this person's arm, 

 when at rest, was eleven inches and three-eighths. 

 These dimensions of girth will, I believe, be found 

 less in proportion than those of the labouring class 

 of our own countrymen, though the general appear- 



* See Krusenstern 's Embassy to Japan. 



