A VOYAGE TO 
1778. in them. Both fexes, neverthelefs, adorn themfelves with 
i F — ry '~i necklaces made of bunches of fmall black cord, like our 
hat-firing, often above a hundred-fold; exadlly like thofe 
of Wateeoo; only, that, inftead of the two little balls, on 
the middle before, they fix a fmall bit of wood, ftone, or 
fliell, about two inches long, with a broad hook, turning 
forward at its lower part, well polifhed. They have, like- 
wife, necklaces of many firings of very fmall fhells, or of 
the dried flowers of the Indian mallow. And, fometimes, 
a fmall human image of bone, about three inches long, 
neatly polifhed, is hung round the neck. The women alfo 
wear bracelets of a fingle fliell, pieces of black wood, with 
bits of ivory interfperfed, and well polifhed, fixed by a firing 
draw'll very clofely through them; or others of hogs teeth, 
laid parallel to each other, with the concave part outward, 
and the points cut off, fattened together as the former; 
fome of which, made only of large boars’ tufks, are very 
elegant *. The men, fometimes, w'ear plumes of the tropic 
birds feathers, ftuck in their heads; or thofe of cocks, fatt¬ 
ened round neat polifhed flicks, two feet long, commonly 
decorated, at the lower part, with oora ; and, for the fame 
purpofe, the fkin of a white dog’s tail is fewed over a flick, 
with its tuft at the end. They alfo, frequently, wear on 
the head a kind of ornament, of a finger’s thicknefs, or 
more, covered with red and yellow feathers, curioufly va¬ 
ried, and tied behind; and on the arm, above the elbow, a 
kind of broad fliell-work, grounded upon net-work. 
The men are frequently punctured, though not in any 
particular part, as the Otaheiteans, and thofe of Tongataboo. 
Sometimes there are a few marks upon their hands, or 
arms, and near the groin; but frequently we could obferve 
* See Plate, N° LXVIL 
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