SANDWICH ISLANDS. 169 



The name of the monarch of O Wahi, on Cook's 

 arrival, was Teraiopu, or, as he writes it, Ter- 

 reobu. 



Captain King, the companion of Cook, gives 

 the following description of the Sandwich Is- 

 landers : — 



" They are in general of the middle size,* 

 and well-proportioned. Their movements are 

 graceftd, they run swiftly, and are able to 

 carry great weights. The men, however, are 

 inferior to the Friendly Islanders, in strength 

 and activity ; and the women are not so deli- 

 cately formed as those of Tahaiti : their colour is 

 also a little browner, and they are not so hand- 

 some, but the features of both sexes are open 

 and agreeable ; the females especially have beau- 

 tiful eyes and teeth, and a sweet expression of 

 countenance. Their hair is dark-brown, not 

 so smooth as that of the American Indians, 

 nor so uoolly as that of the negroes of Africa, 

 but between the two. 



" Here, as on the other South Sea Islands, 

 the Yeris are advantageously distinguished in 



* This applies only to the lower classes ; the Yeris are 

 nearly all as large as at Tahaiti. 



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