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THE TWO EACES WHICH PEOPLED POLYNESIA. 
is quay , or quee ; in New Zealand hui is old woman, or 
grandmother. 
Amongt the Fiji several points of resemblance with Ame- 
rica are to be noticed : their name for God is Nanitu, 
that of the North Americans is Manitu. The Fiji, as well 
as the Tonga natives, have a kind of ceremonial or court 
language, as in China and Japan. In New Zealand a court 
tone of voice is assumed by the head chiefs on grand occa- 
sions, and certain words are only then used, which are never 
heard in ordinary conversation. The pottery of the Fiji is 
almost identical with that of Mexico and Peru ; they also make 
double pots connected by a handle, both, perhaps, having 
taken the idea from two calabashes, connected by a handle, 
for the better carrying of a larger quantity of water. The 
glazing likewise seems to be the same, both being made by 
the aid of a little salt. 
The sacrificing of human beings at the dedication of tem- 
ples or houses, which was common in Mexico, was also prac- 
tised in Borneo and other islands, and seems once to have 
been so by the Maori, as they still have the posts of their 
houses resting on the carved images of victims. 
One of the grand distinguishing features of American 
architecture are its pyramids, which are found as far north 
as California, if not still further. At first sight they ap- 
pear to point to some ancient intercourse with Egypt ; but 
that resemblance only exists in the general form of the 
structure. The Egyptian Pyramids have interior chambers 
and passages, those of America are solid, for as yet no cham- 
bers have been discovered in them. There is no pyramid in 
Egypt with a temple on the top like the Peruvian ones, 
which were used as foundations for their sacred buildings. 
They are in fact to be regarded as high places, and thus 
are more nearly allied to those of Asia than of Egypt ; 
but they are evidently the original models of the marae, 
which pervade the whole of the southern hemisphere; the 
nearer to America and the closer the resemblance, they 
diminish with distance, and the last trace of them appears 
to be found in New Zealand. 
