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ex i He nee to the Jdrama, a new kind of diverlion. After tliefs arts 

 arts have once been applauded and become falhionable in a nation. 



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very natural that 



parents or fome other per 



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who 



have attained 



to fome degree of perfed:ion in,, thefc arts, fliould 



communicate to the rifmg generation the principles upon which they 

 aded in order to obtain fome eminence in their profeilion : and thus 



fecond part of education is carried 



on among the more poliflied 

 Their dances, poetry, mufic, -and 



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dramas, are however by no means to be confidered as performances 



nations of the South Sea, 



which have any degree of perfedion or excellence : 



ley are 



the 



iirfl rude beginnings of 



d for that very reafon they are in 



fem 



com 



more general ufe, than the fame arts are am.ong us : 

 monly dance at Taheitee and the Society-ifles, and men but feldom ; 

 however they are all acquainted with the fleps and motions ufual 

 in this diverfion. Every individual can compofe verfes extempore, 

 and fmg them at the fame time ; and their dramatic performances 

 are commonly extemporaneous pieces, and a mixture of mufic, 

 poetry, and dancing, fo that the Improvifadores might here find 

 in the oppofite hemifphere people pofTefTed of this admired 



~ -qualification. 



The meafured fleps of 



women, keep 



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their drums, which are beaten 



fi 



ngers briikly and loud, and 



commonly accompanied by fongs. The drefs of the v/omen in 



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