ETIQUETTE OF SAVAGES. 
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]\I. Gabet, says, After politely putting out our 
tongues we withdrew.” There are, however, modes 
of salutation even more ludicrous than this. Some 
savages, the name of whose tribe I forget, when 
they wish to show theh respect, roll on their backs, 
kick up theh legs, and slap repeatedly the outside 
of their thighs. The chief of the Ahts, of Van- 
couver's Island, when he wishes to pay his 
neighbour a compliment, puts on a mask stuck 
full of porcupine’s quills, upon which he heaps a 
quantity of swans’ down, and dancing up to his 
visitor gives a jerk with his head and sends the 
down all over him. The Wanyamuezi, a tribe in 
Africa, when they meet each other clap their hands 
twice ; and if a Watusi man meets a woman of the 
same tribe, she allows her arms to Ml by her side 
while he gently presses her arms below the 
shoulder. We all have heard, too, of the ceremony 
of Ongi, or pressing noses, which is the Maori 
etiquette in New Zealand. 
