FRIENDLY ISLAND S. 
feems:to be sgn er ace: that of Otaheite. The 
‘king, or great chief, ois here called Areeke,. has other 
chiefs eee see a a are lords of certain seawaniel and pe r- 
Cook dines ae ‘all the Ja nd it in T’on GO is ee ro 
perty, and that there is here, “as ors taheite, aclafs 
ants or pane and who have no i 
worth a arn c plumage, a: a6 fm al birds and large 
bat ere Their forts of fith feem to be the fame 
with ihe fe of the oflice ifles. Their fithing inftruments are 
the fame: that is, hecks ihe of mother of pearl, Sides 
with two, three, or more pro and nets made of a v 
i the ie ea ou ly hi a. 
thing eo the ae which captain 
faw in that fea.. They are admir cee adapted for diftant 
navigation, as well as for the purpofe of being v 
burden. ‘Fheir a tools-are made of ftone, bone, 
fiells, &e. as they are at the other iflands ; i 
nious application of thefe 
knowledge of the utility of iron was barely fufficient to teach 
en to ‘prefer nails to beads, and fuch rit ; fome, but 
g the em was a fmall 
which had been made we a) 
oft articles for traffick, at theie iflands, are iron tools 
broad ea 
down to tenpenny ones; rafps; files knives, c 
are much fought Poe Sail cloth, and lines, ‘both white 
and coloured, looking-g olaffes and beads, are alfo in efti- 
mation ; but of the latter, thofe that are Diie are preferred 
to all others; 3 as white ones i the leaft valuable. A ftring 
ae: time, purchafe a ho ee In 
y be proc ered whic the ‘lands 
aes fowls, fifth, _yams, bread-fruit, Leen Cae. 
fugar-cane, and in general, every Gh a rticle as can ig 
met with at Otaheite, or any one of the Society Hlan 
ea: 
$s are eae in quality to thofe o 
urho Gaod water, as we oe already obferv 
The natives of the Fr ae 
ricus ; but the 2 
is a fullnefs at the p the nofe. es and teeth 
are pods aL the latter are not fo white nor fo well fet as 
fion. ‘The bod 
as CD a fom me of them 
beautiful figure. How: 
tion of the women is the uncommon i eealles i and delicney 
of thelr ee ‘which vie with the-fineft-in Europe. The 
ai 
tain. confequence of amore indolest life. 
- neval mafs of the peo 
-~ in ae tefticles. 
veffels of 
colou 
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aay colour is. a. caft deeper than: the copper brown; but 
everal of the men and. women have a true olive com plexi xion, 
and. fome of them are much fairer. But this may be owing 
. to their being. lets expofed to the uny asa ten dency to 
“The fin of the gee 
ople is, more commonly, of a, dull hue, 
with fome degree of ee which may perhaps be oc- 
cafioned by fome. cutaneous difeafe. There we however, 
few defects or deformities to be found amongft them. But 
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feems to dee venereal contagion, which is known to 
aie a them. ‘There are two other sere frequent 
ong one of thefe.is an indolent firm fwelling, 
_ Soe the legs and arms, and caufes them to {well to 
large fize: fae _ other is a tumour of the fame 
the whole, 
are frank, cheerful, oa geotsnunoured = hoi the 
refence of their chiefs ffur ‘rave or ferious 
afpeét, which has the. appearance of fac Their ie 
ity 
fition is fingularly peaceable, and they exercife hofpital 
and kindnefs to a They are well deg raed with 
the mode of tra g by barter ; and perhaps, fays captain 
Cook, no aoe in nthe world ones isi = ro mela Or 
lefs diftruft. Upon. the whole, tee ee ae 
of the moft eet pee ne adorn ia. human ara 3 
a as induftry, ingenuity, ge ate affability, an 
robably other virtues. which h caped obfervation. 
The ae defeat that flies saad charadier is a propenfity to 
eels which very much prevails, among them, and which 
captain Cook candidly oN e an intenfe curiofity or de- 
accufto! £ 
from themfelves. Their: hair is in general iraight, thick, 
and: ftrong, and o a black colour; t ough is fometimes 
kern or oe or ftained of a brown, porply © r orange 
e fide, while on 
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cept a fingle lock on one fide. The women, in gene neraly wear 
it thort ; ‘and ‘both men and women flrip the hair fom their 
m-pits. ‘The men are ftained from. aon the middle of 
the belly to about. half eats the thigh with a oe " ue 
which is done wit one inftru 
ne teeth, which heing ree in _the veolorng 
ace, is afterw ayaa truck into thé fkin with a ftick, and 
thus indelible nae are made. i 
om nly a few 
{mall lines or r fpots, thus imprinted | in - infide of their 
an om this cuitom. 
The 1 men oils fupercifed; as 
the operation coniifts in cutting “off only a {mall piece of 
the forefkin, at the upper part, fo that it is incapable of 
covering the glans; which operation they profefledly. per- 
orm from a pe of cleanlinefs. more ee 
in thefe ae which is 
r bo 
piece 
ilatio. 
the lof ewe ‘9 
that of m 
th of . ee tittle fipe 
incifions in their cheeks, near the 
Fhe ick of both the men and women con- 
e of cloth or matting, long e nol igh to pais. 
ance and a half reund the wailt, to which it is confined by 
a girdle 
cuftom pre 
shemfelies ae 
hey alfo | 
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