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cwder in which the different pro- 

 fessions will stand as to the re- 

 spect they may command in so- 

 ciety : — all individuals are not, 

 however, esteemed according to 

 their profession, but according to 

 their abilities in it; for a clever 



man in one art will be sometimes 

 more esteemed than a man of mo- 

 derate abilities in a higher. In 

 this arrangement the cooks are 

 placed before the peasants, because 

 the cooks of chiefs generally have 

 to overlook them. 



f Toofoonga fo v5ca ; canoe build- 

 ers. 



Toofoonga fono le ; cutters of 

 whale- teeth ornaments. 



Toofoonga taboo; superintendants 

 of funeral rites. 

 Hereditary. ^' Toofoonga ta maca ; stone-ma-"| 

 sons, or makers of stone-coffins. 



Toofoonga jia cobenga ; net 

 makers. 



Toofoonga toty' ica ; fishermen. 



Toofoonga langa falle ; large }■ 

 house-builders. 



Toofoonga tatattoV; those who 

 perform the tattow. 



Toofoonga tongi acowj club- 

 carvers. 



Toofoonga fy cava ; barbers or 

 shavers witli shells. 

 „ ,. r Tangata fe oo'inoo ; cooks. 



Hereditary. | j^^, fonnoo'a ; peasants. 



Followe<l both 

 by matabooles 

 and mooaa. 



Hereditary 

 or not. 



Followed bcjth 

 by mooas and 

 tooas. 



} 



Followed only 

 bv tooas. 



Property in these islands, as 

 may easily be conjectured, con- 

 sists principally in plantations, 

 houses, and canoes, and the right 

 of succession to it is regulated by 

 the order of relationship, as given 

 under the head of Nobles, p. 89, 

 so in like manner is the right lif 

 .succession to the throne. 



Having given a view of tlie 

 rank of individuals in society, with 

 reference to religion, civil govern- 

 ment, and professional occupa- 

 tions ; we have now to con.^iider it 

 in respect to old age, ic.v, an<l 

 childhood. 



<^>ld persons of both sexes are 

 highly reverenced on account of 



their age and experience, in so 

 much that it constitutes a branch 

 of their first moral and religious 

 duty, viz. to reverence the gods, 

 the chiefs, and aged persons ; and 

 consequently there is hardly any 

 instance in these island? of old age 

 lieing wantonly insidted. 



\\'onien have considerable re- 

 spect shewn to them on accou)it of 

 their sex, independent of the rank 

 they might otherwise hold as no- 

 bles. They are considered to con- 

 tribute much to the comfort i and 

 domestic lia|)pinoss of tiie other 

 sex, and a-, they are tlie weaker 

 of the two, it is tliought immanly 

 not to show them attention ;md 



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