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. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. , so that it lies equally on thesurface of the liquid. Now begins theimportant part of the proceeding whichtests the power of the preparer. In the first place, he extends his lefthand to the farther side of the bowl, withhis fingers pointing downward and the palmtoward himself; he sinks that hand carefullydown the side of
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. , so that it lies equally on thesurface of the liquid. Now begins theimportant part of the proceeding whichtests the power of the preparer. In the first place, he extends his lefthand to the farther side of the bowl, withhis fingers pointing downward and the palmtoward himself; he sinks that hand carefullydown the side of the bowl, carrying with itthe edge of the fow; at the same time hisright hand is performing a similar operationat the side next to him, the fingers pointingdownward and the palm presenting does this slowly from side to side, grad-ually descending deeper and deeper tillhis fingers meet each other at the bottom,so that nearly the whole of the fibres of theroot are by these means enclosed in thefow,forming as it were a roll of above two feetin length lying along the bottom from sideto side, the edges of the fow meeting eachother underneath. He now carefully rolls it over, so thatthe edges overlapping each other, or ratherintermingling, come uppermost. He next. THE KAVA TARTY. (See page 989.) (988) THE KAVA PAKTY. 9S9 doubles in the two ends and rolls it care-fully over again, endeavoring to reduce it toa narrower and firmer compass. He nowbrings it cautiously out of the fluid, takingfirm hold of it by the two ends, one in eachhand (the back of his hands being upward),and raising it breast high with his armsconsiderably extended, he. brings his righthand toward his breast, moving it graduallyonward; and whilst his left hand is cominground toward his right shoulder, his righthand partially twisting the fow, lays the endwhich it holds upon the left elbow, so thatthe fow lies thus extended upon that arm,one end being still grasped by the left hand. The right hand being at
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