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To this air they use words applicable to the occasion. The dancers 

 now advanced two by two, from behind a large rock which had served 

 to screen them from view ; they were all dressed in their gala dresses, 

 with white salas and new masi on ; the chiefs had around their 

 turbans, wreaths of natural vines and flowers, which had a pretty 

 effect; their faces were painted in various patterns, black and ver- 

 milion. In entering, their progress was slow, taking no more than 

 three measured steps between each halt ; as they drew nearer they 

 changed their order to three and four abreast, using their clubs in a 

 variety of attitudes, which are well represented in the admirable 

 drawing Mr. Drayton has made of this scene. The whole number of 

 dancers in the procession was upwards of a hundred. At the end of 

 each strain of music they advanced three steps at a time, bowing 

 gracefully to us, and changing the position of their clubs. When all 

 had entered the square they became more violent in their actions, 

 jumping, or rather treading the ground violently, at the same time 

 joining in the song. Each dance was finished with a kind of war- 

 whoop at the top of their voices. 



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The clown was, in the mean time, very active in mimicking the 

 chiefs and the most remarkable of the dancers. The whole exhibi- 

 tion lasted fully an hour, and when the dance was over, each brought 



