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Voyage in search 



When wc arrived at Pangaimatoo, Queen 

 ^ineh, feated beneath a fhed covered with cocoa- ^ 

 nut leaves, and eredled under the fhade of fome 

 fine bread-fruit trees, was giving an entertain- 

 ment to Admiral D'Entrecafleaux. She firfl 

 ordered fome young girls of her fuite to dance, 

 which they did with infinite grace: they fang 

 at the fame time; while Futtafaihe, who was 

 ftanding, direcfled their motions, and animated 

 them with his voice andgeftures. 



We had afterwards a grand concert, which 

 differed very little from that which we had 

 heard fome days before given by the King : but 

 here the expreflion of joy was much more 

 lively. 



The Queen was furrounded by women, while 

 a great number of men kept at a little diftance 

 oppofite to her, and formed a circle round the 

 muficians. 



As foon as the women had done dancing, 

 feveral men (lood up, each holding in his hand 

 a little club, nearly in the form of a paddle, 

 which they moved about, keeping time with 

 great correcftnefs, and making a variety of mo- 

 tions with their feet. The muficians, after 

 having fung fome airs in very flow time, fang 

 others in very quick time, which gave to this 

 fort of pyrrhic dance, a degree of vivacity and 

 fpirit that excited our vvarmcfl: admiration. 



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