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vigour to dance on the shore or practise the 
drawing of the bow and the throwing of the 
lance. This was a beautiful exhibition, and as I 
looked on I could well understand Mr Wallace’s 
words — c ‘ Here I was delighted with the beauty 
of the human form, a beauty of which stay-at- 
home civilised people can scarcely have any 
conception. What are the finest Grecian statues 
to the living, moving men I saw around me? 
The unrestrained grace of the savage as he goes 
about his daily occupations, or lounges at liis 
ease, must be seen to be understood ; and a 
youth bending his bow is the perfection of manly 
beauty,” — and not less so, I would add, when 
throwing his lance. Pity the foe who met such 
a cast I Strong, and free of limb, practised in 
his art from his boyhood, the thrower would 
gather up his strength, concentrate all his en- 
ergies, and rushing forward, send forth his spear 
like an arrow from a bow. 
When war is threatened, at time of full moon 
the youths undertake to watch the common 
safety, and dance the tjikelele all night round a 
pole, which they say is Duadilah, their deity. 
Only in moonlight could the enemy see to make 
their way through the forest, and the villagers 
dance, shout, and beat their drums to let the 
