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sorry requital for such services that the captain of the ' Esk,' 

 deceived by the misrepresentation of some knavish trader, 

 imposed a most heavy fine on the ish^nd as a compensation 

 for some alleged injury to this person, to be paid within a 

 certain time. It was to collect this fine that the 'Fawn' 

 visited the island, but on investigation it was found that the 

 claim for compensation was groundless ; all, however, that 

 Captain Cator could do, witliout infringing his orders, was to 

 extend the time of payment of one-half; and Mr. Hood ex- 

 presses the hope that ' in the interim those before whom the 

 matter may come will preserve the reputation we have in 

 these regions for justice and honesty by remitting this por- 

 tion of the cruel and unjust exaction.' He regards the case 

 as one of the most flagrant illustrations they had yet met 

 with ' of the unfair treatment Avhich the natives too often 

 experience at the hands of the Papalangis.' 



According to Mr. Hood, the Ueans resemble the Samoans, 

 but are of rather a darker hue, and with noses less flat- 

 tened ; they have their frizzled hair hanging down their 

 shoulders, and embeUish their faces with yellow ochre and 

 red paint, the ocln^e being preferred. Those he saw sitting 

 in church with their frizzled heads of hair all sc^uared at 

 bottom, reminded him of the Nineveh marbles. He adds, 

 ' in some of the islands to the westward the Avomen have a 

 way of dressing their hair in a multitude of little ringlets 

 twisted with fine cocoa-nut twine, and the men have their 

 beards aiTanged in the same manner, also cut square, giving 



