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was always judge in his own cause, and suffered 

 himself to be hurried into unjustifiable acts of 

 violence. Had he been a philanthropist, as well 

 as a great navigator, he would not have lost his 

 life at O Wahi. 



The custom of tattooing existed also among 

 the Sandwich Islanders; their faces were fre 

 quently marked with lines crossing each other 

 at right angles, and some even had their tongues 

 tattooed ; pretty drawings were frequently seen 

 on the hands and arms of the women. The or 

 dinary dress of both sexes was nothing more 

 than a piece of stuff folded round their bodies. 

 The females adorned themselves besides with 

 necklaces of muscle-shells, or little red shining 

 beans, and with bracelets of various ornamental 

 materials; they sometimes wore collars of beau 

 tiful feathers ingeniously blended together; 

 their hair was also decorated with feathers and 

 with garlands of flowers. 



The Sandwich Islanders lived in villages or 

 little hamlets of from one to two hundred dwell 

 ings, standing irregularly, pretty near each other, 

 and communicating by a winding path. Some 

 of them were surrounded by gardens, enclosed 



