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T H E 



MANNERS that of 2ii\ Arreeoy, * they all belong to the clafs of warriors: 



as 



rU 



foon as an Arreeoy from another country appears, he is kindly 

 received by the firft Arreeoy, 



whom he meets ^ they exchang 



prefents in cloth and garments, an 



d he is entertained 



hi 



IS new 



hoft, with all the demonftration of friendihip 



and with the moll 



nbounded hofpitality 



At certain flated times of the year the 



Arreeoys of one iiland remove to another 

 ent in great feafts, wherein a profufio 



d there the day 



are 



of th 



e. 



da 



f the 



country are 



confumed, and the nights are fpent in mufic and 



dT 



dances, which are faid to be remarkably lafcivious, and likewife 



embraces of fome g 



who officiate on thefe occafions 



like the priefleffes and nymphs of the Paphian and Amathufian 

 Godded among the Greeks, 



We faw above feventy canoes failing 



more 



th 



feven 



one 



of 



in one day from- Huaheine to Raietea, with 



hundred people of both fexes on board, in order to affift at 



\ 



thefe feails y when we arrived at Raietea, we found thefe Arreeoys 

 removed from the Eaftern fide of the iiland, where they firft had 

 landed to its Weflcrn Hiore, and there we faw every houfe and 



ihcd crowded with people, and in every 



large 



houfe we obferved 



heaps of provifions piled up, which were preparing by their women; 



and fifhes 



9 



fowls, hogs, and 



dog 



were likewife drefled 



thia 



folemrx 



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' See George Forftcr's Voyage round the World, vol. ii. p. 130 



