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who adhere to heathenism. The latter have a wild look, to which 

 their long hair, tied in a bunch behind, adds not a little, and when 

 going to war they let it hang down in wild confusion, which increases 

 their savage appearance. 



DEVIL MAN. 



On the other hand, the Christians crop their hair short, a fashion 

 which was introduced by the missionaries. 



The hair of the children is cropped close, except a lock on each 

 side of the head. The manners of the people in the Christian and 

 heathen villages are as different as their appearance. In the latter 

 no schools are seen, nor any of the incipient marks of civilization. 

 Their reception of strangers in the Christian villages is always kind 

 and hospitable, although, as has been stated, a return is looked for. 

 Among the heathen, the manner of reception cannot be counted upon 

 with certainty, for they at one time welcome their visiters with cor- 

 diality, and at another are rude, insolent, and anxious to obtain all the 

 strangers possess. When in good humour, they entertain their guests 

 with the lascivious dances we have described, performed by native 

 girls. Their whole manner and conduct are so different from those of 

 villages within a short distance of them, that the effect produced on 

 the latter by the instruction of the missionaries, appears almost 

 miraculous. 



In the heathen villages the dress of the Samoans is to be seen in 

 its primitive simplicity. It is no more than the titi, which is a short 

 apron and girdle of the leaves of the ti (Dracsena), tied around the 

 loins and falling down to the thighs. The women besmear them- 

 selves with cocoa-nut oil mixed with turmeric, which gives them a 

 shining yellow tint, that is considered as a beauty. On each breast a 

 spot of reddish brown, of a singular shape, and of various sizes, from 



