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the food is prepared and dished in fresh banana-leaves, the wives and 

 daughters of the chiefs attire themselves in their best dresses. They 

 then enter the fale-tele, and approach their fathers, husbands, and 

 brothers, &c, before whom they stop, awaiting their instructions as 

 to whom they shall hand the viands. When they have obeyed their 

 directions, they retire. The whole duty is conducted with the utmost 

 decorum, and while it is going on, no conversation is permitted except 

 in a low voice. I learned from the missionaries who had attended 

 some of their meetings, that their manner of speaking was good, and 

 the self-possession of the orators remarkable. The speakers generally 

 have persons near them who act as a sort of prompters, and remind 

 them of the subjects it is desirable they should speak of. The whole 

 proceedings are conducted with the utmost quiet, and no disturbance 

 is allowed. 



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