OTAHEITE. 
he 
up nch o he ey have 
cuftom alfo of anointing ‘their heads, with what they call 
n exprefle e cocoa-nut, in which 
«‘ monoe,”” an oil ro 
fome {weet herbs owers have been infufed : as the oil is 
generally rancid, the {mell is at firft very difagreeable to an 
E an, s live in a hot country, a no 
fu ing as a they are not able to keep their heads 
ch thing as a com y 
free from lice, which the children and common people fome- 
and eat ; a hateful cuftom, wholly different 
Vv 
whom captain Cook diftributed combs, foon delivered them- 
felves from vermin, with a diligence which fhewed that they 
re odious to us than to them. They have a 
the fame manner 
ee 
call “ tattooing.’”? They p t 
fetch bleed: with a fmall inftrument, fomething i in the form 
of a hoe; that part which anfwers to the blade is made of a 
The op 
of 
led. It is performed upon the 
party 
with this ftain, in the form of a Z, 
fingers and toes, and pat arte | aa the outfide of their 
fo marked wi e 
feet: ther re al th the fame figure, and 
bo en me ve res, circles, and crefcents, 
and ill-defigned reprefentations of men, s, or dogs, an 
various other d — impreffed upon their legs and arms, 
of which, ere told, had ee hough we 
never could learn ole they were e part on which 
thefe ornaments are lavifhed with the greateft profufion, 
is the bree this, in both fexes, is covered with e 
black ; above which arches are draw over another as 
high as the fhort ribs. Thefe gs are e the pride, and 
are a fo) with ix 
of oftentation and pleafure. The face in general is left 
unmarke So d men t reateft part 
3 one piece, 
wide, and eleven yards Ione, they wrap 
feveral times round their waift, fo as to hang down like a 
give liberty to the arms: this, which ne call the “ tebuta,”’ 
is gathered round the waift, and confined with a girdle or 
fafh, of thinner cloth, which is long enough to any 
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times round them, and exa Gly refembl garment worn 
by the inhabitants of Peru and Chili, which the Spaniards 
call ** poncho.”? The drefs of the men is the fame, except 
that inftead of fuffering the cloth that is wound about the 
hips to hang down like a petticoat, they bring it betweea 
their legs, fo as to have fome peers to breeches, and 
it is then called *“ maro.’ 
however, is not a 
wear little turbans, and fometim mes a s dre which vey value 
much more, and which 7 uch more 
ide : when our navi ators 
> 
ou ria or igs 
and no more 
are interletted, in all ee by the paths that lead from 
one houfe to th houfe 
about three fect. and a half of the ground : below t 
through the whole ee - each end, it is open, no part o 
it being: inclofed with a The ro 
Sally ufed 
clothes that they wear in the day ferve them for covering in 
the night ; the floor is the common bed of the whole houfe. 
hold, and is not divided by any partition. The matter of 
the houfe and his wife fleep in the middle, next to them the 
married people, next to them the unmarried women, and 
next to them, at-a little diftance, the unmarried men; the 
fervants, 
