the dried fronds as torches, both for tiieniselvus 

 during the dark nights, or t® carry hfifoft the 

 mrkges md p£ilatiquitis of Earopesms-i ihtf $tlm 



use tlic spathe for a similar pi.ir[)o^;f', as well as 

 for fuel ; and at Kottinia and other Polynesian 

 islands it is also adopted for a like purpose. At 

 Tongatabu (one of the Friendly Islands) combs 

 are laaade Tjy woi&eii df tfee i&idrili of the 

 leaflets of the cocoa-nut tree, the upper part 

 being heaiitifulty worked with the fibre of the 

 husk of the eocoa-nnt, or Bnln ; these combs, 

 from their neat and ornamental appearance, 

 w0fe in great requisition dimBf th^ time 1 

 yMtisd that iiiteresting island, and all the women 

 were busily employed during the stay of the 

 ship in making these coml)s, wliich they readily 

 exchanged with the Papalaugi * (foreign) ofHcera 

 ^dl mi^^ tdfog Tlia ^xaobs -vra^ 



stsifeed % tl3iet b^tiL^ll3L« Koka-tree, of a dark 

 rcdilish colour, Mended a rude imitation of 

 tortoiseshell. 



There is one portion of this valuable tree 

 which mvi^ n^^oi^ df ilte ob-- 



young it ia dtsEis^tfe, Imautifully White, aiid 



♦ Papalangt was applied to any thing foreign ; we werij 

 Papaiangis ; our cloth was Guatoo papalaugi ; our rum Kava 

 papalangi, &c. 



