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ing#n 'thoft of a differiit fize; But their dicing is much
 the £km# ms when they perform publickly. The dancing
t>f tile mes^lf it is to be called dancing), although it does
not cojlilft much in moving the feet, as we do, has a thou-
£mM different motions with the hands, to which we are
entire ftrangers; and they are performed with an eafe and
grace which are not to be defcribei, nor even conceived,
but by thofe who have feen them. But I need add nothing
to what has Jbeen already faid on this fubje£t, in the account
 of the incidents that tiappened during our ftay at the
iflanif %?
* If, to the copious descriptions that occur in the preceding pages, of the particular
entertainments exhibited in Hapaee and Tongataboo, we add the general view of the
ufual amufements of the inhabitants of thefe iflands, contained in this paragraph, and
compare it with the quotation from the Jefuit's Letters, in a former note (p. 255.)? we
fttall be ftiU more forcibly ftruck with the reafonablenefe of tracing fuch fingularly re-
fembling cuftoms to one common foujree. The argument, in confirmation of this,
drawn from indentity of language, has been already illuftrated, by observing the remark-
mble coincidence of the name, hy which the Chiefs at die Caroline Iflands, and thofe at
Hamao, one of the Friendly ones, are diftinguifhed. But the argument does not reft
,on a fingle inftance, though that happens to be a very ftriking one. Another of die
very few fpecimens of the dialed of the North Pacific Iflanders, preferved by father Can-
tov% furnifhes an additional proof. ' Immediately after the paffage above referred to, he
proceeds thus: tt Ce divertiflement s'appelle, en leur langue, tanger ifdfil\ qui veut dire,
u la plaints des femibes." Lettres Edifimtes et Gutieufesy Tom. xv. p. 315. Now it is
very remarkable, that we learn from Mr. Anderibn's colle&ion of words, which will
appear in this chapter* that kpkinte des femmesy or, in Englifh, the mournful fong of the
imweth which the inhabitants of the Caroline Iflands exprefs in their language tanger
ifo^ wmiil, by thofe of Tongataboo, be eaprefleS tangee vefaine.
If any one feoiHd ftjfl douT>% in Ipite of this evidence, it may be recommended to his
confideration, th^t loi^ feparation, and other caufes, have introduced greater variations
in the mode erf pronouncing thefe two words, at places confefledly inhabited by the feme
race, thair fuWift in die Specimen juft given. It appears, from Mr. Anderfcn's voca-
bulary, printed in Captain Cook's fecond voyage, that what is pronounced tangee at the
Fri^^ty Iflands, is tarn at Otaheite) and die vefaine fcf die former, is tm waheine of the
latter.                                                                                                                      .
Whether