i 3 8 A VOYAGE TO 



1779- lccted, that the courfc of the Spahifli trade from Acapulco 



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* — -v— —> to the Manillas, is but a few degrees to the Southward of 

 the Sandwich Iflands, in their paflage out, and to the North- 

 ward, oh their return, this fuppofition will not appear in the 

 lead improbable. 



The common drefs of the women bears a clofe refem- 

 blance to that of the men. They wrap round the waifl a 

 piece of cloth, that reaches half way down the thighs ; and 

 fometimes, in the cool of the evening, they appeared with 

 loofe pieces of fine cloth thrown over their moulders, like 

 the women of Otaheite. The pan is another drefs very fre- 

 quently worn by the younger part of the fex. It is made of 

 the thinned and fined fort of cloth, wrapt feveral times, 

 round the waid, and defcending to the leg ; fo as to have 

 exactly the appearance of a full fliort petticoat. Their hair 

 is cut fliort behind, and turned up before, as is the fafhion 

 among the Otaheiteans and New Zealandcrs ; all of whom 

 differ, in this refpect, from the women of the Friendly 

 Iflands, who wear their hair long. We faw, indeed, one 

 woman in Karakakooa Bay, whofe hair was arranged in a 

 very lingular manner ; it was turned up behind, and brought 

 over the forehead, and then doubled back, fo as to form a 

 fort of fhade to the face, like a fmall bonnet. 



Their necklaces are made of fhells, or of a hard, fliining, 

 red berry. Befides which, they wear wreaths of dried flowers 

 of the Indian mallow ; and another beautiful ornament, 

 called eraie t which is generally put about the neck, but is 

 fometimes tied like a garland round the hair, and fometimes 

 worn in botli thefc ways at once, as may be {een in the print 

 of the woman of the Sandwich JJlands. It is a ruff of the thick- 

 nefs of a finger, made, in a curious manner, of exceedingly 



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