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THE LIVING RACES OF MANKIND 



severe injuries on themselves, using shells, sharp stones, and clubs, so that much blood 

 streamed down their bodies. Mariner has given examples of the dirges they chanted. Here 

 is a translation of one, which reveals the idea that the chief's death must have been due to 

 some treachery: " Finnow, I know well your mind. You departed to Bolutu [Heaven], left 

 your people under suspicion that I, or some of those about you, are unfaithful. But where 

 is the proof of infidelity? Where is a single instance of disrespect? Is not this a proof 

 of my fidelity? [Here the mourner inflicted violent blows on his head with a club.] Does 

 not this evince my loyalty and attachment to the memory of the departed warrior?" Then 

 others would seize the same club and say: "Behold the land is torn with strife; it is smitten 

 to pieces; it is split by revolts. How my blood boils! Let us make haste and die! I 



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, Samoa. 



THKEE SAMOAN BELLES. 



no longer wish to live! Your death, Finnow, shall be mine. But why did I wish hitherto 

 to live? It was for you alone; it was in your service and defence only that I wished to 

 breathe. But now, alas! the country is ruined, peace and happiness are at an end. Your 

 death has insured ours; henceforth war and destruction alone can prosper." One wonders 

 whether every king received such a eulogium on his death. 



The Tongans are all Christians now, and every one can read, a Wesleyan mission 

 having been established in 1826. They are very fond of cricket, and of riding horses. We 

 will conclude our account of the delightful inhabitants of Tonga with a pretty little love- 

 story, narrated by the Rev. J. G. Wood, in his "Natural History of Man," to which we 

 are indebted for some of the above information. Many years ago a young chief, while 

 diving for turtles, discovered a sea-cave, but kept .the matter . secret in case he should 

 require a hiding-place, because he hated the principal chief of the island. Now it happened 



