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VARIE- tliey might have done, had we made a longer ilay, efpecially as then- 



numbers increafed every moment. 



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Thirdly. The inhabitants of the Friendly Isles are httle in^ 

 ferior, if not equal in beauty to thofe of the Marquefas. Their 

 complexion, no doubt, is of a darker hue, than that of the com- 

 monalty of the natives in the Society-Ifles ; though, in my opinion, 

 it partakes of a lively brown, inclining fo far towards the red or 

 copper colour, as not to deferve the appellation of fwarthy. How- 

 ever, many among them, efpecially the better fort of people, and 

 the greater part of their women, approach near to the complexion 

 of O-Taheitean fair ones. They are generally of a middling Ma- 

 ture, or rather above it ; and their features regular and manly. 

 The men feldom let their beards grow to any length, generally 

 cutting them with two fharp fhells ; their ears are perforated 



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two holes, through which they run a fmall flick horizontally acrofs. 



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The outlines of their bodies are not fo beautifullv feminine, as thofe 

 of the chiefs in the Society-Illes ; but they are compad, well-pro- 

 portioned, and more mufcular and expreffive ; as moderate induilry 

 has afiigned each mufcle its place and iize, without diftorting any 

 part of their frame. The flature of their females nearly approaches 

 that of the other fex r, none are fo fat and unwieldy, as many indi- 



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viduals in the Society-Ifles. Their brown complexion becomes 



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their. 



