THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
Some of the men were punctured all over the tides and 
back in an uncommon manner ; and fome of the women 
had the fame ornament on their legs. But this method was 
confined to thofe who feemed to be of a fuperior rank; and 
the men, in that cafe, were alfo generally diftinguilhed by 
their fize and corpulence, uniefs very young. The women 
of an advanced age had their hair cropped Abort; and many 
were cut, in oblique lines, all over the fore-part of the body; 
and fome of the wounds, which formed rhomboidal figures, 
had been fo lately inflifted, that the coagulated blood ftill 
remained in them. 
The wife of one of the Chiefs appeared with her child, 
laid in a piece of red cloth, which had been prefented to 
her hufband; and feemed to carry it with great tender- 
nefs, buckling it much after the manner of our women. 
Another Chief introduced his daughter, who was young 
and beautiful; but appeared with all the timidity natu¬ 
ral to the fex; though fire gazed on us with a kind of an¬ 
xious concern, that feemed to ftruggle with her fear, and 
to exprefs her aftonifhment at fo unufual a fight. Others 
advanced with more firmnefs, and, indeed, were lefs re- 
ferved than we expected; but behaved with a becoming 
modefty. We did not obferve any perfonal deformities 
amongfl: either fex; except in a few who had fears of 
broad fuperficial ulcers, remaining on the face and other 
parts. In proportion to the number of people afiembled, 
there appeared not many old men or women; which may 
eafily be accounted for, by fuppofing that luch as were 
in an advanced period of life, might neither have the 
inclination, nor the ability, to come from the more diftant 
parts of the iiland. On the other hand, the children 
were numerous; and both thefe, and the men, climbed 
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