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March. 
times tear the ftefh of their enemies, that were flain, with 
their teeth; but pofitively denied that they ever eat it. This 
was certainly approaching as near the fa<ft as could be; 
but, on the other hand, the denial is a ftrong proof that 
the practice has adtually ceafed; fince in New Zealand, 
where it ftill exifts, the inhabitants never made the fmalleft 
fcruple of confefiing it. 
The inhabitants of thefe iflands differ from thofe of the 
Friendly Ides, in differing, almoft univerfally, their beards 
to grow. There were, indeed, a few, amongft whom was 
the old king, that cut it off entirely; and others that wore 
it only upon the upper lip. The fame variety, in the man¬ 
ner of wearing the hair, is alfo obfervable here, as among 
the other iflanders of the South Sea; befides which, they 
have a fafhion, as far as we know, peculiar to themfelves. 
They cut it clofe on each tide the head, down to the ears, 
leaving a ridge, of about a fmall hand’s breadth, running 
from the forehead to the neck; which, when the hair is 
thick and curling, has the form of the creft of the ancient 
helmet. Others wear large quantities of falfe hair, flowing 
down their backs in long ringlets, like the figure of the in¬ 
habitants of Horn Ill and, as feen in Dalrymple’s Voyages; 
and others, again, tie it into a lingle round bunch on the 
top of the head, almoft as large as the head itfelf; and 
fome into five or fix diftindt bunches. They daub their 
hair with a grey clay, mixed with powdered fhells, which 
they keep in balls, and chew into a kind of foft pafte, 
when they have occafion to make ufe of it. This keeps 
the hair fmooth; and, in time, changes it to a pale yellow 
colour. 
Both fexes wear necklaces, made of firings of fmall va¬ 
riegated fhells; and an ornament, in the form of the handle 
of 
