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His jet-black hair hung iu loose and flowing ringlets on his naked shoulders ; 

 his necklace was made of a vast number of strings of nicely braided human hair, 

 tied together behind, while a paraoa (an ornament made of a whale's tooth) 

 hung pendent from it on his breast ; his wrists were ornamented with brace- 

 lets formed of polished tusks of the hog, and his ankles with loose buskins, 

 thickly set with dog's teeth, the rattle of which, during the dance, kept time 

 with the music of the calabash drum. A beautiful yellow tapa was tastefully 

 fastened round his loius, reaching to his knees. He began his dance in front 

 of the musicians, and moved forward and backwards, across the area, occa- 

 sionally chanting the achievements of former kings of Hawaii. The govei'uor 

 sat at the end of the ring, opposite to the musicians, and appeared gratified 

 with the performance, which continued until the evening. (Yol. iv, 100-101, 

 London, Fisher, Son & Jackson, 1831.) 



Note by the author. — At the time of Mr. Ellis' visit to Hawaii the orthogiaphy of the 

 Hawaiian language was still in a formative stage, and it is said that his counsels had 

 influence in shaping it. His use of r instead of I in the words hula, aJaapapa, and palaoa 

 may, therefore, be ascribed to the fact of his previous acquaintance with the dialects of 

 southern Polynesia, in which the sound of r to a large extent substitutes that of J, and 

 to the probability that for that reason his ear was already attuned to the prevailing 

 southern fashion, and his judgment prepossessed in that direction. 



