And should a Brother or one who is an adopted friend become poor or loose his land in War, he has nothing more to do but go to his Brother, or Friend, and live with him partaking of all he posesses as long as he lives & his wife and Family with him if he has any — or if any relation or Friend, tho not in immediate want, comes to the House of his Friend, he is always fed while he Stays and is Not only welcome to take away what he pleases but is loaded with presents.

They are ever Courteous to the Stranger and Hospitable to the Wayfaring Man and what they have is always at the service of their Visitors — and when a Stranger enters a House he is Saluted by the Master and perhaps all the Family With Mannowa (Welcome) Yowrye t’Eatooa te’ Narria mye (God save you in your Coming) & Yowrrana te Tirre raa (God save you in Your Journey) and the like Compliments at parting.

When they meet each other, after but a short absence, they embrace each other as we do but instead of kissing each other they Join Noses and Draw in each others breath through the Nostrils; somtimes in token of great love they almost suffocate each other by their long Continuance of their embrace — this Method is common to both Sexes, but if they have been long absent the Weomen Weep and Cut their heads with a sharks tooth till the blood flows copiously, which is always the Case in either excess whether of Grief or Joy to show their love. They always perform this Ceremony on the slightest accident happening to their Children and evry Woman is provided with one or two as soon as she is Married, as they never Cut their heads before and have them wrappd in Cloth, and fastened with the Pitch of the Bread fruit, so that the points stick out about a quarter of an inch like lancets.

People of Note always travel by Water about their own Island, and as there is a number of Houses Built by the Chiefs of each district

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