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it is uncovered ; but, in the hi » there i iti ; catachs i. 
t ae Sees isa essing woniaere wits Milded em naling a child ‘tartar’, Paasiend- 
utmost mildness and good nature is depicted on their 
countenances ; and they preserve a degree of self-com« 
mand in their conduct, very unusual in the state. 
They are, at the same time, chearful, open, and good 
humoured ; and the females particularly are unusually 
merry and talkative. They were described, in short, by 
their first European visitors, as a le not only adorn- 
ed by all'the virtues, but also as possessing many 
of the most estimable qualities of human nature; but 
more recent information proves them to be capable of 
the most feroctous cxeoccos, and overturns all the decla- 
mations, founded upon their character, in favour of unci- 
vilized society. In their wars, particularly, they present 
all the features of barbarians ; and the fiercest savages of 
America are not more merciless towards hostile tribes, 
than these Friendly islanders are to one another in their 
intestine commotions. . One of the common, modes of 
warfare among them is to “ lootang,” as they express it, 
that is to come upon the adverse party by surprise, to 
massacre in secret, to carry off plunder, to cut down the 
plantains and cocoa-trees, and to commit every species of 
devastation. Women, children, and prisoners, are mur- 
dered without merey ; and the dead bodies, after being 
exposed to the most bruta] indignities, are roasted and 
devoured with voracious satisfaction. Their cruelties 
are perpetrated with the most wanton levity ; and more 
than ordinary barbarism was witnessed by one of the 
ish missionaries, who had adopted their customs, 
joined in their expeditions. * Speetacles too shock- 
ing for humanity to contemplate,’ soon sickened my 
sight, and sunk my spirits: I beheld, with’shaking hor- 
ror, large stacks of human bodies piled‘ up, by being 
Jaid transversely upon each other, as a monumental tro- 
phy of the victory. Proceeding a little farther, a horrid 
spectacle shin Toes my blood, It was a woman in a 
WOL, IX. PART 1. 
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breast, as in the act of suckling it. Upon approachin 
them, I found both the Sa at child « cold and sti 
with ates rin killed them while in this 
posture, and in their ‘savage rev in amusin 
themselves with Sane the dead bodies in this affecting 
In the course ‘of the civil war to which this 
extract refers, several of the missignaries stationed in 
Tongataboo were cruelly butchered, while harmlessly 
looking upon a victorious party, who were passing their 
habitation ; and while the facts above related clearly 
shew how unadvisable it is to establish Christian teachers 
where their persons rice sigh lawless violence, they 
prove, at the same time, how much the humanizing ins 
fluence of their doctrines is needed, by those who have 
been most highly extolled as the inoffensive children of 
nature. See Cook’s Second Voyage round the World, 4to. | 
vol. i, p. 211; Cook’s last F eooat round the World, 
vol. i. p, 141, 267, 285; Authentic Narrative of four 
years residence at Tongataboo ; Wilson's Missionary 
Vi nes tr the Ship Duff... (q) 
-ERIESLAND, West, in ancient times called Frisia, 
one of the seven united provinces, is bounded’ on the 
north by the German Ocean ; on the south by Overyssel 
and the Zuyderzee ; on the west by the Zuyderzee; and 
on the east by Ommeland, Drenthe, and Overyssel. » It 
lies between 52° 45/ and 53° 30’ of North Latitude, and 
between 5° 8’ and 6° 5’ East Longitude from Greenwich ; 
extending from 10. to 13 leagues from north to south, agd 
nearly the same distance from west to east. It is divi- 
ded into four quarters ; namely, Oostergo, Westergo, 
Zevenwolde or Seven Forests, ‘and the islands on the 
north coast. It contains about 100,000 inhabitants ; 
and sends five of the, 55 representatives, who compose 
the assembly of the states-general. Oostergo, the north« 
east quarter, is divided into 10 districts ; Leeuwerderdeel 
containing 14 villages ; Ferwerderodeel containing 11 ; 
‘West Dongerdeel 14; Kollumerland 6;. East Donger« 
deel 14; Dantumadeel 12 ; Tzetjerksteradeel 15 ; Small~ 
engerland 7 ; Idaarderadeel 8; Aauwerderahem 6. Wes- 
tergo is divided into nine districts ; Het-bilt, containing 
9 villages ; Harlingen 8 ; Wonseradell 27 ; Waterland 
9; Wymbritzerdeel 28; Hennarderdeel 12; Baardere 
deel 16; Menaldumerdeel 12; and Franekerdeel. 11. 
Zevenwolde is divided into 10 districts ; Gaasterland.con= 
taining. 8 villages ; Haskerland. containing 7 ;, Utingers 
deel 7; Doniawerstal 14: Opsterland 13 ; Angwirden 5; 
Schoterland 18; Stellingwerf-Oosteinde 10; Stelling. 
werf-Westeinde 20 ; and Lemsterland 5. The largest.of 
the islands on the north, coast of the province is 
Ameland, which is about four leagues in length, and 
one in breadth, and. contains» several villages; Hols 
lum, Ballum, Nes, &c. - The principal ‘towns: im Fries« 
land are situated on the north-west coast, namely, ‘Leeu- 
warden, the capital of the province, a well built town, 
about 25 leagues N: E. of Amsterdam, and containing 
2000 inhabitants; Franeker, a small but handsome 
trading town, the seat of an university, and about 
leagues west of Leeuwarden ; Harlingen, a fortified an 
populous place, with a convenient harbour, byt of dif 
ficult access, about 20 leagues north-north-west of Am-« 
sterdam, and containing 7000 inhabitants ; Dockum, 
an ancient and neatly built trading town, situated in a 
fine corn country, containing 3000 inhabitants, and about 
four leagues north-north-east of Leeuwarden ; Bolswert, 
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