Then, unless he expects a recurrence of hunger, he carefully wraps up the fragments and bones which remain of his portion of pig, and these he must take with him.

It would be the height of impoliteness to leave them; and each visitor scrupulously takes away every remaining bit of his share.

If now you look you will see a calabash somewhere in the middle of the floor, into which each, as he completes his meal, put his quarter or half dollar.
In the evening there are dancing and singing, and then you may hear and see the extremely dramatic meles of the Hawaiians--a kind of rapid chant, the tones of which have a singular fascination for my ears.

A man and woman, usually elderly or middle-aged people, sit down opposite each other, or side by side facing the company.

One begins and the other joins in; the sound is as of a shrill kind of drone; it is accompanied by gesticulations; and each chant lasts about two or three minutes, and ends in a jerk.