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Hick. I obferved, that fhe firfl wet the hair with a rag i 777 . 
dipped in water, applying her inftrument to that part which Ma j' , 
file had previoully foaked. The operation feemed to give 
no pain to the child; although the hair was taken off as 
clofe as if one of our razors had been employed. Encou¬ 
raged by what I now faw, I, foon after, tried one of thefe 
lingular inflruments upon myfelf, and found it to be an 
excellent fuccedaneum. However, the men of thefe illands 
have recourfe to another contrivance when they fhave their 
beards. The operation is performed with two fhells; one 
of which they place under a fmall part of the beard, and 
with the other, applied above, they fcrape that part off. In 
this manner they are able to fhave very clofe. The pro- 
cefs is, indeed, rather tedious, but not painful; and there 
are men amongft them who feem to profefs this trade. 
It was as common, while we were here, to fee our failors 
go afhore to have their beards fcraped off,, after the fafhion 
of Hapaee, as it was to fee their Chiefs come on board to be 
fhaved by our barbers. 
Finding that little or nothing of the produce of the iff and 
was now brought to the fliips, I refolved to change our 
ftation, and to wait Feenou’s return from Vavaoo, in fome 
other convenient anchoring-place, where refrefliments- 
might ftill be met with. Accordingly, in the forenoon 
of the 26th, we got under fail, and flood to the Southward Monday z6, 
along the reef of the ifland; having fourteen and thirteen 
fathoms water, with a fandy bottom. However, we met 
with feveral detached fhoals. Some of them were difco- 
vered by breakers; fome, by the water upon them appearing 
difcoloured; and others, by the lead. At half pall two in 
the afternoon, having already paffed feveral of thefe fhoals, 
and feeing more of them before us, I hauled into a bay, 
that 
