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is given to it by means of quick-lime or other things. They bathe very 

 often, and as persons of rank anoint the whole body with perfumed cocoa- 

 oil, their skin attains an extraordinary softness and great beauty. Upon 

 festive occasions, the hair is so immoderately rubbed with oil that the 

 grease is continually trickling down, and, on account of the strong odor, 

 is very unpleasant to those unaccustomed to it. The Society Islanders are 

 fond of adorning themselves with necklaces of red pandanus berries, or with 

 fragrant flowers, small shells or pieces of mother of pearl, bird-bones, &c. 

 They also wear bracelets, and are passionately fond of glass beads. Tillage, 

 the building of their houses and pirogues, manufacturing their articles of 

 clothing, necklaces, and bracelets, tattooing, &c., constitute their employ- 

 ments. Singing and dancing, as well as many kinds of games, are their 

 amusements. Their musical instruments consist of a kind of flute, and a 

 species of drum. (PL S9, Jig. 1, chief of the Tongans ; Jig. 2, fight between 

 two women ; and Jigs. 3, 4, 5, sports of girls among the same.) The Ton- 

 gans worship a multitude of gods, bearing the common name Hatua. Jug- 

 gling and astrology greatly prevail amongst them. 



The Inhabitants oj the Navigators' Islands. 



The inhabitants of the Navigators' Islands are described differently ; but 

 they are all cannibals, and a curved line drawn from the south end of New 

 Zealand, around the Feejee, Navigators', and Tonga islands, will perhaps 

 inclose the region where the practice of eating the flesh of human beings is 

 most general. 



The inhabitants of this section are, however, by no means in the lowest 

 grade of civilization. They belong to the handsomest of the East Oceanians, 

 are frequently six feet six inches in height, and built in a herculean manner. 

 The women are somewhat smaller. In many arts they have made great 

 advances, and are superior to all as sailors, being scarcely ever away from 

 the water. {PL 42, Jig. 1, dance in Samoa, one of the Navigators' Islands.) 



The Australians, or New Hollanders. 



The inhabitants of New Holland are a small and ugly people ; distin- 

 guished — and not very advantageously, as we have already remarked — for 

 very long spare legs and arms, forming a contrast with the large feet and 

 hands. The knee is thick, and the calf thin ; but this is chiefly the case 

 with those who live in the forests, and have but little food. This they are 

 obliged to bring down from the trees, which they are very skilful in climb- 

 ing. The exterior of the men is harsh and repulsive ; the nose very broad 

 below ; the mouth large ; the beard goat-like ; the hair bristly ; the eyes are 

 black, deep-set ; the eye-brows thick ; the lips large, and turned out ; the 

 teeth, however, well arranged ; the jaws frequently projecting very far. 

 Upon the whole, the countenance is spiritless. Many have a suffering, but 



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