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MANNERS 



COMPAREO 



RE MARKS ON 



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little witty agreeable ftorles of a jovial turn ; they fhew true polite 

 nefs and good breeding in 



ail their manners and behaviour 



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fpeak very pertinently and vv^ifely on all kinds of fubjedls 

 hearts are capable of being melted at the recital or fight of diftrefs 

 or wretchednefs, and a generous tear never fails to ileal down their 

 cheeks, the tribute of benevolence and humanity. In 



their focial 



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and feflal meetings, they have much finging and dancing. 



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females often fit down in fmall companies, and fmg languiihing 

 fongs, accompanied by motions of the head and hands expreffive 



of the fame fentiment, thefe they 



all 



can Tanger ifaiJUy^ or 



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Their fongs are not without a regular mea- 



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somplaint of women. 



fure and harmony, and they beat time by ftriking their thighs. 



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their dances the men Hand in. two lines oppofite to one another 5 

 their heads are ftuck with feathers and flowers,, odoriferous herbs 

 hang from their nofes, and from the ears hang down ornaments 



made of plaited coco-nut filament 



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dances confift chiefly 



cadenced, harmonic 



d uniform motions, of the head, arms 



hands, and feet. The chief fometimes holds up a piece of cloth, 



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which is given to him who firft can feize it, all the competitors 



i[larting at the fame time for it.. 



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to which the nations of the firft race of people in the South Seas are defcended from the 

 inhabitants of the Caroline Iflands, See p. 400, 



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