. Reminiscences of the South seas . owerful arms and legs that would look well anywhereelse than here, where their dancing and jumping and theirmode of sitting seems to have influenced the size of the lowerlimbs, and to have given a roundness to the entire body, thatreminds one again of the Greek statues and terra cottas. Forthe girl form passes into the young mans and his to the olderwithout break. Their dances do a great deal for this all dance a little from the very earliest age. Lastnight, as I walked home, I found a crowd of little mites prac-tising the figures of the sitting
. Reminiscences of the South seas . owerful arms and legs that would look well anywhereelse than here, where their dancing and jumping and theirmode of sitting seems to have influenced the size of the lowerlimbs, and to have given a roundness to the entire body, thatreminds one again of the Greek statues and terra cottas. Forthe girl form passes into the young mans and his to the olderwithout break. Their dances do a great deal for this all dance a little from the very earliest age. Lastnight, as I walked home, I found a crowd of little mites prac-tising the figures of the sitting dance, in which the entire bodyis moved, from the ends of the fingers to the tips of thetoes. And beautiful they are, these dances. If only I couldpaint them — but that is almost impossible; some of thegestures could be given, but not the rhythm. And they sit*badly to a painter, and, notwithstanding their idleness, arerarely quiet. Sketching is formidable. They will jump upto see what you have been doing and everybody troops all. FAGALO AND SUE, WRESTLING. VAIALA, SAMOA
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