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features are generaUy fairly regular, eyes in colour invariably 
dark, and in some persons a little oblique. Jaws not project- 
ing except in a few instances ; lips of medium thickness, 
thicker than our own. Noses generally short, but rather wide 
at the bases. Their foreheads are fairly high, but rather 
narrow. 
WTien young many of the Sawaiori people of both sexes may 
be spoken of as being fairly good-looking. The men, I should 
say, have more regular features than the women. The women, 
even if they are good-looking when they are young, soon lose 
their beauty. More attention was paid to personal appearance 
among the men than among the women ; but such is not the 
case now. 
As an uncivilized race the Sawaiori people are remarkable, 
for their superior manners. They are a very polite people, 
and are far above mere savages. Indeed, there are many 
indications that they have descended from a state in some 
respects superior to that in which they were found at the time 
they were discovered by Europeans. The position occupied 
by women is one of these. Among this race generally women 
occupy a position hardly inferior to that of the men. Among 
the most polite and superior of the people women have as much 
influence and are treated with as much respect as among civi- 
lized races. They, in some instances, take hereditary titles and 
oflices. It is well known to you all that a queen long reigned 
in Tahiti — Queen Pomare; and this is not an exceptional cir- 
cumstance. Another indication of the comparative elevation 
of the people is the existence of rank and titles which are here- 
ditary. Among most of these people as much is thought of 
rank as among ourselves. And so much deference is paid to 
chiefs that a different languago is used in addressing them 
from that used to common people. Every part of a chief’s 
body and all his belongings have different names from those 
appropriated to people of no rank. If a chief possess a dog 
the animal must be spoken of by a different name from that 
given to a common man’s dog. The grade of rank of a person 
is indicated by some words addressed to him, three or four 
grades being recognized, and as many different terms being 
employed. For example, in Samoa there are four different 
words for to come, appropriated to four grades of people : — 
sau , for a common man ; maliu mai, for a person of respecta- 
bility; snsu mai , for a titled chief; and afio mai , for a member 
of the royal family. When addressing a person in respectful 
language, the Samoans never use the first personal pronoun 
in the singular number, but always in the dual — the dual of 
dignity. This excessive politeness is sometimes somewhat 
