. 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. Bij HHOO wo o w I—I o I—ICO. (803) PRESERVING THE HEADS OF WARRIORS. 805 evidently due to physical and not to externalcauses. A warrior adorned in all the pride of thetattoo and scarlet paint is certainly a terrificobject, and is well calculated to strike terroriuto those who have been accustomed toregard the Maori warrio
. 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. Bij HHOO wo o w I—I o I—ICO. (803) PRESERVING THE HEADS OF WARRIORS. 805 evidently due to physical and not to externalcauses. A warrior adorned in all the pride of thetattoo and scarlet paint is certainly a terrificobject, and is well calculated to strike terroriuto those who have been accustomed toregard the Maori warriors with awe. When,however, the natives found that all the paint-ing in the world had no effect upon the dis-ciplined soldiers of the foreigner, they aban-doned it, and contented themselves with theweapons that none are more able to wieldthan themselves. Moreover, the paint and tattoo, howeverwell it might look on a warrior armed afterthe primitive fashion, has rather a ludicrouseffect when contrasted with the weapons ofcivilization. There is now before me a por-trait of a Maori chief in full battle a bunch of feathers in his hair, anda checked handkerchief tied round his loins,evidently at the request of the photographer,he has no dress whatever. He is tall, splen-didly made, stern,
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