\'y<i REMAllKS AND OPINIONS. 



whom he lias killed in battle. Conquered islands 

 are robbed of all their fruit, but the trees are 

 spared. 



Marriages depend on a free convention, and 

 may be dissolved as they are concluded. A man 

 may have several wives. The woman is the com- 

 panion of the man, and seems freely and volun- 

 tarily to submit to him, in a just relation to the 

 head of the family. In their wanderings the men 

 go on before, as protectors, and the women follow. 

 When any subject is discussed, the men speak first : 

 the women, when called upon, take a share in the 

 conversation, and attention is paid to them. In 

 the time of peace they have no other employment 

 than what we call women's work. The drum, 

 which awakens delight in all, is in their hands. 

 Unmarried women enjoy their freedom, under the 

 protection of decorum. The girl requires presents 

 from the man ; but the veil of modesty is drawn 

 over all the connections which unite the two sexes. 

 We observed that the customary caress by touch- 

 ing the noses, even among men in the Carolina 

 islands, as well as in those of the Eastern Polynesia, 

 was usual at Radack only between man and wife, 

 and in the shade where familiarity is concealed. 



The bond of exclusive friendship between two 

 men, which is found in all the islands of the first 

 province in Radack, obliges the friend to give his 

 wife to his friend, but does not bind him to seek 

 for revenge by blood. 



