. Il ragazzo di viaggiatori in Oceania : le avventure di due giovani in un viaggio per il sandwich, Marquesas, società, e Samoa Isole Feejee, e attraverso le colonie di Nuova Zelanda, Nuovo Galles del Sud, Queensland, Victoria e Tasmania e South Australia. gattanewas ritratto. Vi era un capo di una delle tribù degli interni che ha presentato eccellente esemplare del lavoro dell'artista polinesiano su una viva può-vas. Cerchi, quadrati e tutti i tipi di curiosi cifre erano state delin-trattati sulla sua pelle, e poi forate in con il tatuaggio strumento;e l'artista certamente possedeva un occhio corretto, come

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. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. gattanewas portrait. There was a chief of one of the interior tribes who presented anexcellent specimen of the work of the Polynesian artist on a living can-vas. Circles, squares, and all sorts of curious figures had been delin-eated on his skin, and then punctured in with the tattoo instrument;and the artist certainly possessed a correct eye, as all the drawing wasmathematically exact. The chief allowed Frank to make a sketch of PEEVALENCE OF TATTOOING CUSTOMS. 57 him, as the photograph did not bring out all the lines with distinct-ness ; of course he was rewarded for his condescension, and as he re-ceived twice as much as he had expected, we had any number of candi-dates offering themselves when it was known how liberally we paid forservices.. TATTOO MARKS ON A CHIEF OF THE MARQUESAS. Doctor Bronson says the custom prevails in many of the islandsof Polynesia, though not in all, but is fast dying out through the influ-ence of Christianity and civiUzation. Tattooing has been practised inalmost all parts of the world and in all ages. According to the Bible, itmust have existed in the time of Moses, for we find it to be one of thepractices prohibited to the Jews. Read what is said in Leviticus, xix.28: Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor printany marks upon you. It prevailed among the ancient Thracians, and 58 THE BOY TEAVELLERS IN AUSTRALASIA. the ancient Britons practised it. It still exists among sailors, and hasprobably descended through them from the time when it was commonin Great Britain, though they may have adopted it from the barbarouscountries to which their occupation carries them. Frank says these people are like a French salad, as they are dressedwith oil; they use cocoanut-oil for

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