3 6 COOK’j VOYAGE, 
do. When they were at too great a diftance to reach us with a 
lance or a ftone, they prefumed that we had no weapons with 
which we could reach them , here then the defiance was given, 
and the words were almofl univerfally the fame, Haromai, ha- 
remai, harre uta a P atoo-Patoo oge : “ Come to us, come on 
“ fhore, and we will kill you all with our Patoc-Patoos.” 
While they were uttering thefe menaces they came gradually 
nearer and nearer, till they were clofe along fide ; talking at 
intervals in a peaceable drain, and anfwering any quefl^ons 
that we afked them ; and at intervals renewing their defiance 
and threats, till being encouraged by our apparent timidity, 
they began their war-fong and dance, as a preljjde to an attack, 
which always followed, and was fometimes continued till it 
became abfolutely neceffary to reprefs them by firing fome 
fmall-fhot ; and fometimes ended after throwing a few ftoncs 
on board, as if content with having offered us an infult, which 
we did not dare to revenge. 
The war-dance confifls of a great variety of violent motions, 
and hideous contortions of the limbs, during which the coun- 
tenance alfo performs its part : the tongue is frequently thrud 
out to an incredible length, ana the eye-lids- fo forcibly drawn 
up that the white appears both above and below, as well as 
on each fide of the iris, fo as to form a circle round it ; nor is 
any thing negledled that can render the human fhape frightful 
and deformed : at the fame time they brandifh their fpears, 
fhake their darts, and cleave the air with their Patco-Patoos, 
This horrid dance is always accompanied by a fong ; it is wild 
indeed, but not dil'agreeable, and every if rain ends in a loud 
and deep figh, which they utter in concert. In the motions 
of the dance, however horrid, there is a flrength, firmnefs, 
and agility, which we could not but behold with admiration ; 
and in their fong they keep time with fuch exaftnefs, that I 
have often heard above an hundred paddles ft ruck again ft the 
fides, of their boats at once, fo as to produce but a fingle found, 
at the divifions of their mufic, 
A fong not altogether unlike this, they fometimes fmg 
without the dance, and as a peaceable amufement ; they have 
alfo other fongs which are fung by the women, whcfc voices 
are remarkably mellow and foft, and have a pleafir.g and ten- 
der effedl ; the time is flow, and the cadence mournful ; but it 
is conducted with more tafte than could be expected among the 
poor ignorant favages of this half defolate country ; efpecially 
as it appeared to us, who were none of us much acquainted 
with mufic as a fcience, to be fung in parts ; it was at ler.fi 
fung by many voices at the fame time. 
They have fonorous increments, but they can fcarcely be 
called inftruments of mufic ; one is the fhell, called the Tri- 
ton’s trumpet, with which they make a nolfe not unlike that 
which 
