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iu the soiitliern Pacific Ocwin, aru iiistaiicos of 

 thk wonderful proviisioii of nature* 

 At the MmqaieiSiSLB imd Waslilisgton leltnd&i 

 the Tahunas, or priests, have a distinctive 

 dvcri^i, consistin*],* of a cap, formed from ;i cocoa- 

 niit leaf. A part of the ?tem, six or eiglit iiiehes 

 in leiigtli, is phicud perpendicularly over the 

 fbr^^iBad^ wd the leali^ ^11 ui^h^d ist> % w 

 passed round tlie lu ail, on each side, an^ neatly 

 fastened tog-ether behind. 



Besides this artiele on the head, they wear 

 a cape of the same material. In this the stem 

 is split till wiih$n. m inch m two of one of tlie 

 ends: it is th^psgs^d round the neck, so that 

 tlie extremities rest on eaeh shoulder, and the 

 sojjarated ends are tied together. The ri!ts run- 

 ning through tiie leaflets being taken mit, they 



hang ib^ ofeeM^ bacsk. 



** Hiesfe MMes are nsnally worn by them on 

 ordinary occasions, and always when in ilischarge 

 of tlie services ctanieeted with their ofhee."* 



At the same islands, one of their traditions 



§W^mwmmii^ the jtctSon of tlie mmt- 

 imt tree. It i% tiiiit g&d^ on a visit to tUein 

 from an island which tliey call Oatanutifua, find- 

 ing tluMU di">litiire ni'lbis imporT;iril tree, fetela d 

 it to tbem in a stone eamte ; the w huh' trans- 

 ^ .Slcn art's South Seas, It^iH, ItiiJO, p, 175. 



