ABOltlGiNKS. 



i\n iiirliuation of about 4.?', and striking one 

 coniLT witli a piocc oF wood, it will advaiit'r 

 be vend feet and return to the spot from whence 



it proc0ede<L I tiA^ hymtw^^ tlm^ bsm is 

 not ^BSXLid^al to {produce a iimiliur ^^ allJimifB 



the most {'onvciiicnt to throw from the hand. 

 Any thill, flat body of a seniicircidar or I'ecti- 

 linear hgm'e, will return in the same manner, if 



j^mtlmi witbi Urn pcqjaeMIe Jtoree a mnAiet- 

 aMe angle dfdevatioja." 



Among this tribe was an old woman in mourn- 

 ing, which was indicated by j^wje aAd l^reaat 

 hSx% lialoted in white eiM^ wi& |>i|M»-olaj« 

 Tlie people composing the tribe were well- 

 formed, mnscnlar, extremities well-proportioned, 

 but of slender form : the average height five feet 

 five or six inehes ; cheekbones prominent ; 

 iiOS& bmd aiid dat^tlnidi^ mill ea^s&ii&t^ tt6Bh 

 trils; mouth large J h&axi. Gopioas, and hair 

 long, black, and coarse ; they seem as iutelli- 

 o'ciit, but not so fiiiu a race as the Polynesians, 

 excepting those of the Pai)iian or Oceanic race, to 

 whidi they are ^dently closely allied. Somephy- 

 msl diSmme&, hmm^^ mght to be expected 



ill a peo]>h! iuliabiting so sterile a country, com- 

 pared witii tliose races inliabitiug islauds^ perhaps 



