New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-05-02

tut left projecting from the back OF tue neau SOME
times diagonal ridge-llke tut, sometimes one TWO or
more small plated taiis only, sometimes curlah1ke
fringe shading the neck. go MI.
both Kill vermin and to change the cclor ana ao,
certouy as fashion Most Of the yonng Mpan G Tnss
Young chiefs their hair III front in straight Inc
across the forehead aud square at the TEMPLES anu IN
fact trimmed 1t so that whitened with lime 1t re-
minded one most iorcbly OF barrlsieTs Wig. young
Mbau chief was VISIT at Bueta ana besides having
his hair whtened his face was biackened Tor the meke
ard the contrast between black and white was most ell
Kaava IA solution in water Of the chewed
root Of oeTai1 kind OF peppe drinking me % @as
the ceremony It is usual to decry kaava drink al
together because, doubt, OF the nasty manner In
Which 1t is prepared, but some persons who habituay
drink II praise It as extremely pleasant ana cooling
MANY of the resident whites at FIJI as was told, look
kaava once twice daily, and Knew personally OF
German planter and an English settler Who dld So IL
seems however, to be only at Fill, I'm Polynesia, That
this occurs. In the Sandwich Islands and In Tahiti
the whites think of drinking kaava but scout the
IRE taste IL at first strange and unpleasant, and has
ofon been compared to LAT OF Gregorys h ~ ih
Travellers all never make more than one trlal Oh the
drink. The taste Is however certainly not more uh-
P oS be ars Occasion 70 Fro chmcn Great satisac-
ton must be derived by Poynoslns from the use OF
kaava or it would have been so universally upheld
as a drink among them, would Its use have become
| associated as il Is with an elaborate ceremonial.
Usually when the party with when traveneG N me
large island of Fiji entered village, the chief OF the
village made request as an oneI OF w Isl m ny g
and left at the head OF The circle. or rather long
by those present on such occasions Al the
bottoms of the TWO des OF the COP were eaa te scr
wants. or of tine lower orders OF the village, VINO
crawed croucing and bringing. expressing helr hu-
mlity before the chief III the most 0stenltuous nhe
looking indeed, meumes, as II they were feaIiy n"i
| afraid to come al Ii.
The kaava is prepared at he opposite end Of tie loop
from that at which the chief sts Young men with good
teeth are chosen do the chewing and they pay great
regard TO cleanliness, rusng tner mouths aud hahd5
carefully with before they commence their task
There considerable amount Of Enack TO be acquired
III Ing " in e nyed Win IT, and IL should
| IA. ftrran from no
| mass about large as the mon can contain
1he masses produced by several oGewero are mixed e
often described rbe bowl is placed IN lront OF we
chief II is iouf-legged wooded bowl cut OUT OF a Sse
block. IL has "A suing OF cOcOanut nOre fastened tOlJ
underneath TO a loop cut IN tic WOOD. 10y TINS st1ns
the bowl when not III use Is hung up against tLe wa,
before the chief 1t must Always De so turned tht th
rsi In his own private she'll Then the others
present in order OF heirrans and position OF tbe seats
i receive shells fu We always served Immediately
after the chef the thing to drink the CO.
c0anut She. full off ut draugh and then spin the cup
It's ponted end on tie mat IN 'front.' OF one ana say
amava" or a word sounding closely like this, meaning,
| was told, at is emptied' III fact, no heel taps
After the chief has drurk the company al clap ther
| hands III token OF respect. ~,
a considerable quantity 4 koaya, OF strength such
as that OF infusion ord lary drunk at FIJI must De
| taken III order TO produce int0xcatOn; Dut nave
make an Engishman una custOmed 10 the drinB fecl
little dizzy aud shaky about the legs Ihtre is very
great difference III the strength OF kaava, depending
very much whether the portion OF the root employed
is young old and OF course on the amount OF water
Ihe infusion OF the pepper root allowed to stand
so ermenI, hut some change probably is effected
in active principles by the action OF saliva er grated
kdava which used in Tonga, by order Of the mis-
sonaries II substitute for the chewed PREPARATION is
of an ordinary tumblerfu of Ava he Hawaiian form OF
Polyneslan name Tor the drink, specially prepared
ira strength, make Eugiishman intoxicated Within
ten minutes Of the time at which 1t was drunk.
The effects very Ike those of alcohol, IN that the
gait becomes very unsteady, and the slightest touch
sends The persn slec.o his balance An elatiOn OF
sirf. rgIa M. lu
Another custom of G Fans which has per-
haps not secured universal credence-the practice
of cannibasm--is described in detail, and III a man
ner which should remove any lurking doubt on the
subject -
When visitors of distinction paid great chief visit,
he was expected provide human flesh for their enter
tainment III there were no prisoners, whose spe
cal office it obtain such food for the chief, went
in search aud often Killed some rl or woman ne met
with alone, belonging 10 a village not far on
Young woman was considered to be the best eatng
no DOUBT because OF their very mixed diet and much
greater consumption of animal food Inc bodies were
prepared with for cooking, and were usually baked
in the well known oven f. the rrOund. special vege
sh Just s as was the s IN Se Zealand The yeseta
bic was eaten with hun nesg suitable condl~ent,
III effects follow the cat OF 'uman flesh any more
than from the consum1 any other kind of flesh.
The sturdy health of the red TbackOmbau is sui-
1cient evidence against b. IA a superstition.
Tne flesh eaten cold as well as hot and the cold
cooked flesh often sent as resent TO distance by
cnlef 10 another A four-pronged iork OF wood
used in eating human hesn and was heId more OF
less sacred, but 1t was also used Tor eating otheF IOod
occasionally. -,
most prOfusey cannion race That mas existed AS many
as 900 NewZcaaud prisoners have been slaughtered
time after successful battle, That TIER bodies
might be put into the ovens
In 1888, the captain of English merchant ship.
named Stewart, made an agreement with tIlDe OF
Maoris renowned c'iei Te Rauparaha, TO con
vey party to distant village on the cuast Tor
the remuneration OF cargo OF NeW-Lealdnd max Ihe
warriors were landed night exermuaied the village
ana brought of the bodies of the slain TO the ship where
nevertheless duly received ms cargo.
In 1892 or 1888, large party or Maorls was landed
nv another English merchant vessel the Chatham
Islands, small Outliers of NewZeaand The islands
inhabited by weak race. " MaoriOrl. LOU IN
number. The Maors simply ate their way through the
sus, kns t1S f cns az Inc ovens tney were
iO1a anu III a. and colect WSo for The 1nTpose Their
object going 10 the island wos to feed upon tue inhab
gagged as a seaman European vessel, having re-
ported the islanders as plump ana wei led
Whilst the New-Z;alandeIs considered tie palms OF
the hands and the breast the best eating, the Fuans
especially preferred the he OF the arm below the
twenty years ago, white residents are sad TO have
joined the natives in their caunbal ieasts at OvaIau,
Fill
The best descriptive portions of the volume relate
to the natural history of the different countries
visited by the writer, and in general they afford adj
mirable specimens Of a class of popular composition
which is often spoiled by fruitless endeavors at
rhetorical effect, or made disgusting by the pedauc
use of scientific phrascology. Mr.. Moseley's style is
perfectly adapted to the mass of lders, loses
nothing i'll lucidty OF exactness by avoiding fool
ish parade of technical i characteristic
ample of this is pIeseI the authors account
of tue turtles of Ascens.u. lslaud:-
Close to the doekyard IL tine turtle pond, in which
there were over a hund turtles NJ the time of our
visit. At the side OF t. "a an cOsed area OF sand
is provided, in which Ia les dig great holes large
enough to bury themselves Ia, laying their at the
bottom Of them. Some turtles were sui laying. but
good many lots Of eggs were beginning TO hatch out
The turtle eggs have q flexible ieathcry Shell, and
rather smaller than billiard ball and OF the Same
shape fresh laid egg never quite full SO tba;
there always slight fold or wrinkle IN the yielding
she'll and the seamen sometimes puzzle themselves 10y
irving squeeze the Ia get the dint ont INT
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