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origin, a fable which correfpotids extremely 

 well with the fubtUvifion I have givea of 

 thefe difFerent caftes. 



Such of thefe iflandcrs as have any erudi- 

 tion relate, that the Creator of heaven and 

 earth formed^ from the body of the firfl: 

 man whilft he was afleepj feven women, 

 Thefe were the mothers of the difFerent 

 caftes. 



The cafte of the Rlioandrlans are the 

 offspring of the firft man and the woman 

 formed from his brain. The mother of the 

 Anacandrians, and that of the Ontzatfi, had 

 not fo noble an origin. The one was 

 formed from his neck j and the other from 

 the left flioulder. 



The cafte of the Voadzu i proceed from the 

 firft man and the woman formed out of his 

 right fide. 



The mother of the Loliavohits and the 

 Ontzoa came from the thigh and the calf of 

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