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women for the cruise . . . and bear in mind how it was 

 the custom of the adventurers, and we may almost say the 

 business of the missionaries, to deride and infract even the 

 most salutary tapus (taboos)." 



Captain Cook at Owyhsa in 1799 



From his Life and Voyages, p. 379. (George Newnes, 

 1904.) 



" In the progress of the intercourse which was maintained 

 between our voyagers and the natives, the quiet and inoffen- 

 sive behaviour of the latter took away every apprehension 

 of danger, so that the English trusted themselves among 

 them at all times and in all situations. The instances of 

 kindness and civility which our people experienced from 

 them were so numerous that they could not easily be re- 

 counted. A society of priests, in particular, displayed a 

 generosity and munificence of which no equal example 

 had hitherto been given : for they furnished a constant 

 supply of hogs and vegetables to our navigators, without 

 ever demanding a return, or even hinting at it in the most 

 distant manner." Of the island of Wateeoo (p. 309), 

 ** the inhabitants are very numerous, and many of the young 

 men were perfect models in shape." 



Natives of Tahiti 



From Havelock Ellis' Sex in relation to Society, p. 148. 

 (1910.) 



4 The example of Tahiti is instructive as regards the 

 prevalence of chastity among peoples of what we generally 

 Consider low grades of civilisation. An early explorer, 



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