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dipped in water, applying her indrument to that part which '777- 

 Ihe had previoully foaked. The operation feemed to give no v— 



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pain to the child; ahhougli the hair was taken ofTas clofe 

 as if one of our razors liad been employed. Encouraged by 

 •what I now faw, I, foon after, tried one of theie fingular 

 inftruments upon myfelf, and found it to be an excellent 

 Jncccdaneiim. However,, the men of thefe illands have re- 

 courfe to ajiother contrivance when they fhave their beards. 

 The operation is performed with two fhells ; one of which 

 they place under a fmall part of the beard, and with the 

 other, applied above, they fcrape that part off. In this 

 manner they are able to fhave very clofe. The procefs 

 is, indeed, rather tedious, but not painful; and there are 

 men amongll them who feem to prcfefs this trade. It 

 was as common, while we were here, to fee our failors go 

 afhore to have their beards fcraped off, after the fafhion of 

 Hapaee, as it was to fee their Cliiefs come on board to be 

 lliaved by our barbers. 



Finding that little or nothing of the prodiice of the ifland 

 was now brought to the fliips, I refolved to change our 

 flation, and to wait Feenou's return from Vavaoo, in fome 

 other convenient anchoring-place, where refrefhments might 

 flill be met with. Accordingly, in the forenoon of the 26th, Monday zS.' 

 we got under fail, and flood to the Southward along the 

 reef of the ifland ; having fourteen and thirteen fathoms' 

 water, with a fundy bottom. However, v/e met with feveral 

 detached ilioals. Some of them were difcovered by breakers; 

 fome, by the water upon them appearing difcoloured j.. 

 and others, by the lead. At half paft two in the afternoon, 

 having already pafTed feveral of thefe flioals, and feeing 

 more of them before us, I hauled into a bay, that lies be- 

 tween the South end of Lefooga, and the North end of Hoo- 



laiva, 



