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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. 
The clown was, in the mean time, very active in mimicking the 
chiefs and the most remarkable of the dancers. The whole exhibition 
lasted fully an hour, and when the dance was over, each brought his 
club and laid it in front of us as a present. These weapons formed a 
very large pile; and it was amusing to me to perceive many of them 
change their clubs for those of much less value before they brought 
them to present. In return for these, they expected presents, which 
were given them. 
John Sac, or Tuatti, our New Zealander, was desirous of showing 
the dance of his country, which excited great astonishment among 
them. John’s dance was one of great energy and violence, and as 
opposite from that we had just witnessed as could well be conceived. 
We had afterwards several dances by young girls and children, with 
which the afternoon’s amusements ended. 
The flute, although much in use among them, was not played on 
this occasion. It consists simply of a piece of bamboo, both ends of 
which are stopped; it has five holes, one of which is placed near the 
end, to which the left nostril is applied. Of the other holes, two are in 
the middle, and two at the other end, for the fingers. This instrument 
produces a low plaintive note, which is but slightly varied by the 
closing and opening of the holes. It is sometimes accompanied by the 
voice, a union which the whites informed me was greatly admired by 
the natives, who not unfrequently applaud the performance by clap- 
ping their hands. No other instrument but the flute is played by the 
women as an accompaniment for the voice. They likewise have a 
kind of Pandean pipe, made of several reeds of different sizes, lashed 
together. 
The next day, Tui Levuka paid me a visit for the purpose of 
receiving the presents, which I told him I was desirous to give him, in 
return for the clubs we received at the exhibition of the dance. He 
remained late in the evening, in order, as he said, to prevent the 
