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plain, but the quivers were often elegant in shape 
and appearance. They were made with the single 
joint of a bamboo cane, three feet six or nine 
inches long, and about two inches in diameter. 
The outside was sometimes handsomely stained, 
and finely polished at the top and the bottom, 
they were adorned with braided cord, and plaited 
human hair. The cap or cover of the quiver was a 
small, handsome, well-formed cocoa-nut, of a dark 
brown chocolate colour, highly polished, and 
attached to the quiver by a cord passing up 
the inner side of the quiver, and fastened near the 
bottom. 
The bow and arrow were never used by the 
Society Islanders excepting in their amusements ; 
hence, perhaps, their arrows, though pointed, were 
not barbed, and they did not shoot at a mark. In 
throwing the spear, and the stone from the sling, 
both of which they used in battle, they were accus¬ 
tomed to set up a mark ; and practised, that they 
might throw with precision, as well as force. In 
the Sandwich Islands, they are used also as an 
amusement, especially in shooting rats, but are not 
included in their accoutrements for battle; while in 
the Friendly Islands, the bow was not only em¬ 
ployed on occasions of festivity, but also used in 
war; this, however, may have arisen from their 
proximity to the Feejee Islands, where it is a 
general weapon. In the Society and Sandwich 
Islands, it is now altogether laid aside, in conse¬ 
quence of its connexion with their former idola¬ 
try. I do not think the Missionaries ever incul¬ 
cated its discontinuance, but the adults do not 
appear to have thought of following this, or any 
other game, since Christianity has been introduced 
among them. 
