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THE CRUISE OF THE ' CURAQOA: 



tapa, or native clotli, rolled round his body, as will be seen 

 by the woodcut copied from the photograph taken ou 

 board. 



Captain Erskine, who saw him about fifteen years before 

 our visit, appears to have been greatly struck with him. 



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KIXG THAKUMBAU AXD HB SO.V. 



' It was impossible,' he says, ' not to admire the aj^pearance 

 of this chief. Of large, almost gigantic size, his limbs were 

 beautifully formed and proportioned, his countenance with 

 far less of the negro cast than amoncf the lower orders agree- 

 able and intelligent, while his immense head of hair covered 

 and concealed with gauze, smoke-dried and slightly tinged 



