PACIFIC AND BEERING'S STRAIT. 
39 
Nov. 
182 . 0 . 
Rose IS aquiline and well-proportioned ; the eyes small and dark brown CHAP 
or black ; the chin small and rather prominent ; and the tongue dis- 
proportionably large, and, on its upper surface, of a diseased white 
appearance. 
Tattooing or puncturing the skin is here practised to a greater 
extent than formerly, especially by the females, who have stained 
their skin in imitation of blue breeches ; copied, no doubt, from 
some of their visiters, who frequently tuck up their trowsers to the 
knee in passing through the water. The deception, which, at a short 
istance, completely deceives the eye, is produced by a succession of 
sma ue mes, eginning at the waist and extending downward to the 
nee. esi es t is, some of them tattoo their foreheads in arched lines, 
e as t le edges of their ears, and the fleshy part of their lips. The 
a too t emselves in curved lines of a dark Berlin blue colour 
upon tie upper part of the throat, beginning at the ear, and sloping 
un e ow the under jaw. The face is sometimes nearly covered with 
nes similar to those on the throat, or with an uninterrupted colouring, 
^cepting two broad stripes on each side, at right angles to each other, 
st of their lips were also stained. Others had different parts of 
eir o les variously marked, but in the greater number it was 
ne to a small space. All the lines were drawn with much 
si ’l' carried in the direction of the muscle in a manner very 
^ c New Zealanders. These people have had so Uttle com- 
flifl n 1 Europeans, or have benefited so little by it, that we 
European cloth among them ; and the cloth 
1 ^ gi^ows upon their island, produces so small a 
supp y, la part of the inhabitants necessarily go naked : the larger 
portion however wear a raaro, made either of fine Indian cloth of a 
® ^ '' ild kind of parsley, or of a species of sea-weed, 
eir weapons are short clubs of a flattened oval form, tapering 
oward the handle, and a little carved. The straw hats mentioned 
both by Cook and Perouse appeared to be no longer used One man 
only had Ins head covered ; and that with a tattered felt hat which he 
P obably been procured m the same way, was also seen among them. 
