The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-06
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.'.l.. presented TO the British farha'
hE ,ris,irs TO the South Sea islanders is a
1., by Csriain G. II. Simpson, OF her
y.,,,'. ship Blanche, giving an account OF
',, lss, wear 10 the SolGmon and other
..,.. If islands in the Psc'tic ocean.
s,Ir;,a q, Isabel island, from which three
snA seven women were kidnspped in
-, Capaiu Simpson, with s party OF
.sers went snort distance iniand 10 Vlstt
... ot The remarkable tree ylllsges pecullar,
10 shslirv(s to this i.ind.
lie ,nnrd the village built on the summit
,,ckr mounrair. rising almost Perpen-
II,,i.,ly n hcight OF eight hundred feet.
r., ngr,y a.ccrded by native path from
80 i,,.,ior. ard found the extreme summit
.r~... o. tn0rmou, rocks standing up ike
r,.,lo. gnCrg which grow the gigantic
..,.. N the Ursuches Of which the houses
,,,h, r,,iyes are fuiIt. The stems Of these
.,s.. RE rerftctly straight and smooth.
,r;.i.,.I bfGrca, 10 height varying from
s"7 ttc: l. 80 feet.
i rpe orc Captain Simpsos assembled the
l.~,s IA. last eighty feet from the ground ;
~c,nsr 70 II was about 120 feet. The only
,'s.r. n qpprosch to these houses is by q
ta,fsr made of creepcr, suspended from a
,.,., a,hlu the house, and which, OF course,
y. hauled I'D at will. The houses are
no., iprpn,ol!.y hult, and are very firm and
,,,org Escn uouSe wall contain from tep-to
,g,lyr n4rir,s, ard an ample store OF stones
!. lpr.. witch they throw both with sings
and ;,Ib rbe bsud with great precision.
Attic foot OF c1ch OF these trees is another
hi, in shch The family usually reside, the
,reehousc tticg only resorted to at night
and dufus me time Of expected danger. LII
fact. however. they are never safe from sur
mise. Notwithstanding ell their precautions.
!, the great otj'ct in life 1mong the people is
u cpt egch oaer'S heads.
C4nts,p SImps0p, III returning, visited
riiei'> house on the heacb, and found row
Of twenty five human beads, captured In a
.rctnl raid fastened up across the front Ike
ysun,p al tarn.door. II was acknowledged
that the os jcct OF the RAID was 10 get heads,
and 10 eat The bodies, which Is always done.
The heads OF men, women, and children
are all lsker, aud the wonder is that the
whole isIar d does not become depopuated.
The people, Of this and other islands are not,
however, Il courageous people. Such thing
IS stand up ti-bt between tribes is almost
unkuo%n u. they prowl about for prey,
at,sckirg "hrre,er they have victim in
their power without risk to themselves. In
some Of tie ieands, Captain Simpson OBJ
served. The men have long hair, which they
wear in IA, Hons like those adopted by the
other SIX 10 Europe, the favorite modes
being The crdinar, chignon, or loose down
The bCk. Tn" women, whose bair is shorter
than ibe mems, "tar il loose and undressed.
ln clothrs. there IS not ut present Oppor.
tunity for Euro. can or any other fashions.
TIE LAKE. ID 'ELLsKs IN SwlTZLERLASD.-
From tie PditAaH Gazette IA report
drawn up DI me cnIe( local annGuaries on
the rtma klh'e discovery Of The place OF
sepuI'ure rear Nrrfchatel Of the lake d we'll
ing SWISS race gives the following results :
The tombs found may be classed as Of the
soDe.cist y4rlr'v, allied in character TO the
dolmen, but tlerirg from it in having been
formed from tae b st beneath the patuIel
sur'scc OF the ear'E, AT er the custom Of our
slSveS. Taey acre MT quite lopg enough
10 receive The bodies Of the adults Sretcbt d
out, but II Is pro ahc that these were inter-
rcd 10 III" >iltiug posture much practice6
else"he'en the prehistoric days, and prop.
pea up by the large pebbles which were
lound ID rumhrr> IN the cavities.
The helgni OF the adults was, IL ANYTHING,
rather below that Of the Swiss Of the present
ds'. snt the skulls present no real typical
clf~rtGce OF torn frem these OF the latter,
except that lbe forehead is more contracted.
or, q, 1t might he more correctly said, less
Qe'ro,ei the sctual discovery OF the ad.
mixture 10 these 'or'bs among the same set
o ftmains OF bronze ornaments With those
H The pierced tcetn of Car nivora generally
assign, d 10 the aye Of stone has double i'm.
portance. l. proves cOnciusively that the
uonon OF soue aD,iqusries that cremation
was everywhere a characteristic of the brorZe
age ~ opposed TO the simpler interment
u'cl IN sba OF stone, is not universally true.
IL sIso establishes the fact Of the gradual
lIssage-n S"iz riaud at any Fate from
'ne one era to the otner, and SO makes It
uoustiui wheiher hard and fast line can
really be dtarr he'" "pcn the two any " here.
iH land wrete tre INSTRUMENTATION Of
"oius 50 common a. 10 ours, and where
30 h'ue pans is kan 10 in-,ruc, children 10