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A Footnote to History

CHAPTER I--THE ELEMENTS OF DISCORD: NATIVE
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"Misi Kane," said one chief, "we have just been puzzling ourselves to guess where that custom came from.
But, Misi, is it not so that when David killed Goliath, he cut off his head and carried it before the king ?" With the civil life of the inhabitants we have far less to do; and yet even here a word of preparation is inevitable.

They are easy, merry, and pleasure-loving; the gayest, though by far from either the most capable or the most beautiful of Polynesians.

Fine dress is a passion, and makes a Samoan festival a thing of beauty.

Song is almost ceaseless.

The boatman sings at the oar, the family at evening worship, the girls at night in the guest-house, sometimes the workman at his toil.


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