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REMARKS 



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THE 



MANNERS^ upon as afigaof frieridfhlp, and as an oath or fuperftitious ceremony, 



without which they will not venture to come on board an European; 



COMPARED 



fhip 



* however, it is by no means probable, that 



peopl 



of 



Guinea had any intercourfe witk the natives of New Guinea 



Mallicollo. 



Cap 



Cook 



d Mr. Banks found on O-Taheitee, and in- 



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the other Society-ifles, fometimes the under jaws of their 

 vanquifhed enemies, hung up as trophies y and the under- 

 jaws . of the llain foes, are likewife hung up before th-e- 

 houfes of the conquerors on the coaft of Guinea, as marks of 

 honour, and the iiril ftep gained towards obtaining nobility. -^ 



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Having before, (Chap. vi. Secft. iii. p. 281.) hinted at the great 

 .probability, that the nations of the firft race (inhabiting Eafler-ifland, 

 the Marquefas, the Society and Friendly-iilands> and New-Zee^ 

 land), are defcended from fome of the illes Htuated to the Eafl: of 

 the Philippines, commonly called the Caroline-iflandsj it might 

 not, perhaps, be improper to give here a fk^tch of the manners and 



r 



cuiloms of the people living in the Caroline-iflands, iince this will 

 carry this probability to the higheil degree pofliblc, as their man- 



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ners 



* Villauld de Bellefond Relation des cotes d'Afrlque appellee Gulnee (Pans 1669, 8vo.) 

 f Atkin's Voyage to Guinea, 8yo, 1737, p, 80. and Villauld de Bellefond, 



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