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was always judge in his own cause, and suffered 

 himself to be hurried into unjustifiable acts of 

 violence. Had he been a philanthropist, as well 

 as a great navigator, he would not have lost his 

 life at O Wahi. 



The custom of tattooing existed also among 

 the Sandwich Islanders; their faces were fre- 

 quently marked with lines crossing each other 

 at right angles, and some even had their tongues 

 tattooed ; pretty drawings were frequently seen 

 on the hands and arms of the women. The or- 

 dinary dress of both sexes was nothing more 

 than a piece of stuff folded round their bodies. 

 The females adorned themselves besides with 

 necklaces of muscle-shells, or little red shining 

 beans, and with bracelets of various ornamental 

 materials; they sometimes wore collars of beau- 

 tiful feathers ingeniously blended together; 

 their hair was also decorated with feathers and 

 with garlands of flowers. 



The Sandwich Islanders lived in villages or 

 little hamlets of from one to two hundred dwell- 

 ings, standing irregularly, pretty near each other, 

 and communicating by a winding path. Some 

 of them were surrounded by gardens, enclosed 



