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the pa-ootoOy or a thin black board, of the form of a fegment of 

 a circle, about a yard acrofs, and about fix or feven inches wide, to 

 which they fix five mother of pearl ihells, polilhed on both fides j 



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on the extremities the two fliell-s are again fringed, with pigeons 

 feathers, as in the pa-teea, and from them they fulpend two taf- 

 fels,, of about 1 8 inches long, made of pigeons feathers, called 

 arro-orro : the ^oopa is made of fmall pieces of mother of pearl, of 

 about an inch and a half, or two inches long, and' one or two tenths 

 of an inch wide, v/ith a hole on each end, by which thefe fmall 



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{)ieces are fixed in rows, fo as to form a kind of apron or flomacher, 



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there are fometimes 15 or 20 rows of thcfe fmall 

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pieces, in 



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If we confider, that thefe holes are all bored by other fliarp 



fhells or bones, that the pieces muft be ground of equal length and 

 width, and then faflened in fuch a manner as to lie flat, it mufi: be 

 obvious, that the making of more than 2000 fmall pieces of mother 

 of pearl, and the joining them together, is a work of immenfe 

 labour, requiring much time and an unv/earied patience, and what 

 is flill more, a nicety and accuracy in executing them, all of equal 



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length and width : the parae therefore^ or the compound of thefe 

 four pieces, is reckoned among the natives one of their moil: curious 

 ornamental dreiles ; and which they feldom part with, unlefs for a 

 very valuable confideration. Next to this follow the ahu-aiijoOjvMch 

 is a ilrong teepoota, covered on its forefide with circukr pieces of 



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