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pJbruty. ^at-ftring, often above a hundred-fold ; exadly like thofc 

 of Watecoo ; only, that, inftead of the two little balls, on 

 the middle before, they fix a fmall bit of wood. Hone, or 

 fliell, about two inches long, with a broad hook, turning 

 forward at its lower part, well poliflied. They have, like- 

 wife, necklaces of many firings of very fmall flicUs, or of 

 the dried flowers of the Indian mallow. And, fometimes, 

 a fmall human image of bone, about three inches long, 

 neatly poliflied, is hung round the neck. The women alfo 

 wear bracelets of a fingle fliell, pieces of black wood, with 

 bits of ivory interfperfcd, and well poliflied, fixed by a firing 

 drawn very clofely through them ; or others of hogs teeth, 

 laid parallel to each other, with the concave part outward, 

 and the points cut off, faflened together as the former ; 

 fome of which, made only of large boars' tufks, are very 

 elegant*. The men, fometimes, wear plumes of the tropic 

 birds feathers, ftuck in their heads; or tliofe of cocks, fafl- 

 ened round i^^at poliflied flicks, two feet long, commonly 

 decorated, at the lower part, with oora -, and, for the fame 

 purpofe, the fkin of a white dog's tail is fewed over a flick, 

 with its tuft at the end. They alfo, frequently, wear on 

 the head a kind of ornament, of a finger's thicknefs, or 

 more, covered with red and yellow feathers, curioufly va- 

 ried, and tied behind ; and on the arm, above the elbow, a 

 a kind of broad flieli-wofk, grounded upon net- work. 



The men are frequently punctured, though not in any 

 particular part, as the 0(aheiteans, and thofe of Tongataboo. 

 Sometimes there are a few marks upon their hands, or 

 arms, and near the groin ; but frequently we could obferve 

 none at all; though a few individuals had more of this fort 



♦ SccPhitc, N LXVII. 



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