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A VOYAGE TO 
1.777* the girdle, is plaited into feverai folds; fo that, when un- 
> folded, there is cloth fufficient to draw tip and wrap round 
the ihoulders; which is very feldom done. This, as to 
form, is the general drefs; but large pieces of cloth, and 
fine matting, are worn only by the fuperior people. The 
inferior fort are fatisfied with fmall pieces; and, very often, 
wear nothing but a covering made of leaves of plants, or 
the maro , which is a narrow piece of cloth, or matting, like 
a fafh. This they pafs between the thighs, and wrap 
round the waift; but the ufe of it is chiefly confined to 
the men. In their great halvas, or entertainments, they 
have various dreffes made for the purpofe ; but the form 
is always the fame; and the richeft dreffes are covered, 
more or lefs, with red feathers. On what particular occa- 
fion their Chiefs wear their large red feather-caps, I could 
not learn. Both men and women fometimes fhade their 
faces from the fun with little bonnets, made of various 
materials. 
As the clothing, fo are the ornaments, worn by thofe 
of both fexes, the fame. The moft common of thefe are 
necklaces, made of the fruit of the pandanus , and various 
fweet-fmeliing flowers, which go under the general name 
of kahulla. Others are compofed of fmall fhells, the wing 
and leg-bones of birds, fhark’s teeth, and other things ; all 
which hang loofe upon the bread:. In the fame manner, 
they often wear a mother-of-pearl fhell, neatly polifhed, 
or a ring of the fame fubftance carved, on the upper part 
of the arm; rings of tortoife-fhell on the fingers; and a 
number of thefe, joined together, as bracelets on the 
wrifts. 
The lobes of the ears (though, molt frequently, only 
one) are perforated with two holes, in which they wear 
cylindrical 
