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the most solemn acts of friendship with certain tribes of thd 

 Pacific Islanders — being effected between a European and a 

 savage. The natives soon learned to shake hands, to embrace, 

 to say "friend," to shave with razors, and to pare their nails 

 with scissors. This state of amity did not last long, however, 

 and a trivial circumstance caused suspicion, and finally hostility. 



THE ISLANDERS' DOUBLE CKAFT. 



The savages commenced with arrows, and the Spaniards re- 

 taliated with fire and sword. In the evening, Malope came to 

 the shore, and, in a loud voice, called the admiral by the name 

 of Malope*, and, smiting his breast, declared himself to be Men- 

 dana. He said the attack had been begun by another tribe, 

 not his, and proposed they should all sally forth against them. 



