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very good to eat, and was sorry he could not find any more, and 

 laughed very heartily when I spoke to him about eating his Aitu. I 

 mention this circumstance to show the powerful effect the Christian 

 religion has had upon the ancient customs of this people. 



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 war-songs. Mr. Drayton wrote one down as a specimen of their 

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To the above they sing a kind of second with very correct har- 

 mony. They do not seem to have any particular air among them, 

 and in singing the above, they did not sound the same notes every 

 time. All their music sounds alike, and the above will give a good 

 idea of it. A translation of the song was made by the same inter- 

 preter, and is as follows. 



A chief of Samoa attacks an enemy on another island and con- 

 quers. After the victors have embarked safely for their island, they 



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" Keep her away, and mind the helm." 



And when they get home the people sing, — 



" We are glad 3'ou have come to your island of plenty, 

 We have waited a long time for our chief and canoes." 



Toa, after his unsuccessful search for his favourite eels, went 

 into the brook for a bath, which he told me he very frequently did 

 during the day ; and it Avas delightful to see the pleasure he took in 

 it. The natives, indeed, are almost constantly in the water, and, 

 consequently, very cleanly in their persons. Finding that it occu- 



