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1779. the Sandwich Iflands, in their paffage out, and to the Nortli- 
. ward, on their return, this fuppofition will not appear in the 
lead: improbable. 
The common drefs of the women bears a clofe refem- 
blance to that of the men. They wrap round the waift a 
piece of cloth, that reaches half way down the thighs; and 
fometimes, in the cool of the evening, they appeared with 
loofe pieces of line cloth thrown over their Ihoulders, like 
the women of Otaheite. The pau is another drefs very fre¬ 
quently worn by the younger part of the fex. It is made of 
the thinned: and fined: fort of cloth, wrapt feveral times 
round the waid:, and defcending to the leg; fo as to have 
exadtly the appearance of a full fhort petticoat. Their hair 
is cut fhort behind, and turned up before, as is the falhion 
among the Otaheiteans and New Zealanders; all of whom 
differ, in this refpeff, from the women of the Friendly 
Illands, who wear their hair long. We faw, indeed, one 
woman in Karakakooa Bay, whofe hair was arranged in a 
very fingular manner; it was turned up behind, and brought 
over the forehead, and then doubled back, fo as to form a 
fort of fhade to the face, like a fmall bonnet. 
Their necklaces are made of {hells, or of a hard, Ihining, 
red berry. Befides which, they wear wreaths of dried flowers 
of the Indian mallow; and another beautiful ornament, 
called eraie, which is generally put about the neck, but is 
fometimes tied like a garland round the hair, and fometimes 
worn in both thefe ways at once, as may be feen in the print 
of the woman of the Sandwich IJlands. It is a ruff of the 
thicknefs of a finger, made, in a curious manner, of exceed¬ 
ingly fmall feathers, woven fo clofe together as to form a 
fur face as fmooth as that of the richeft velvet. The ground 
v/as generally of a red colour, with alternate circles of green, 
yellow, 
