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A VOYAGE TO 
CHAP, VII. 
General Account of the Sandwich Iflands continued. — Of the 
Inhabitants.—their Origin .— Perfons.—Pernicious EjfeBs 
of the Ava. — Numbers.—Difpojition and Manners, — Rea- 
fons for fuppojing them not Cannibals.—Drefs and Orna¬ 
ments .— Villages and Houfes. — Food.—Occupations and 
Amufements.—AddiBed to Gaming.—their extraordinary 
Dexterity in Swimming.—Arts and ManufaBures. — Cu- 
X'ious Specimens of their Sculpture. — Kipparee , or Method of 
painting Cloth. — Mats.—Fijlring Hooks. — Cordage.—Salt 
Pans.—Warlike Injlruments . 
1779. ^T A HE Inhabitants of the Sandwich Iflands areundoubt- 
vkrch ' t X edly of the fame race with thofe of New Zealand, the 
Society and Friendly Iflands, Eafter Illand, and the Marque- 
fas ; a race that poffeffes, without any intermixture, all the 
known lands between the latitudes of 47 0 South, and 20° 
North, and between the longitudes of 184° and 260° Eaft. 
This fa6t, which, extraordinary as it is, might be thought 
fufficiently proved by the ffcriking fimilarity of their man¬ 
ners and cuftoms, and the general refemblance of their 
perfons, is eftabliihed, beyond all controverfy, by the abfo- 
lute identity of their language. 
From what continent they originally emigrated, and by 
what Heps they have fpread through fo vaft a fpace, thofe 
who are curious in difquilitions of this nature, may per¬ 
haps 
