. 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. (1.) INTERIOR OF A TONGAN HOUSE. (See page 981.). (2.) BURIAL OF A LIVING KING. (See page 906.) (980) GRADATIONS OF RANK. 981 teeth were discovered, the woman havingburied them in the ground. This anecdoteshows the value in which whales teeth areheld, the king taking the trouble to go inperson to claim them, and the woman
. 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. (1.) INTERIOR OF A TONGAN HOUSE. (See page 981.). (2.) BURIAL OF A LIVING KING. (See page 906.) (980) GRADATIONS OF RANK. 981 teeth were discovered, the woman havingburied them in the ground. This anecdoteshows the value in which whales teeth areheld, the king taking the trouble to go inperson to claim them, and the woman allow-ing herself to be killed rather than part withher treasures. A good idea of the appearance of a Ton-gan woman of rank may be obtained fromthe illustration No. 1, on the preceding page,which represents the interior of a chiefshouse, and part of his family. In the foreground is one of the oddwooden pillows which are so much in voguethroughout Polynesia; while one of themost conspicuous objects is a roll of narrowmatting, which is used for the purpose ofsurrounding men and women of high rankas they sit on the floor. Within it isseated the chiefs wife, in the graceful atti-tude adopted by the Tongans, exhibiting thesimple and really elegant folds of the gnatoodress. The reader will observe the appar-ent looseness
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