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drink cava with her and her attendants, and, asshe presided, he of course sat outside, facingher. When the cava was finished, he walkedout to view the fortifications, on which occa-sion the matabooles of Toe Oomoo waited onhim, and pointed out every thing worthy of no-tice. They descanted on the excellence of theplan, and then gave him anecdotes of the war,telling him where such a chief was killed,where another lost his arm or his leg, wherea cannon-ball had struck, &c.; and, as theyviewed the outside of the works, they pointedout where the different murderers of Toob6Nuha met their fate. All this, however, theytold him in answer to his queries ; for it is athing very remarkable in the character of thepeople of Tonga , that they never exult in anyfeats of bravery they may have performed, but,t»n the contrary, take every opportunity ofpraising their adversaries ; and this a man willdo, although his adversary may be plainly acoward, and will make an excuse for him, such

usual mode, but rather by the application of the upper lipand the nostrils, and has more the appearance of smelling.When two equals are about to salute, each applies his upperlip and nostrils to the forehead of the other, or he applieshis lips to the lips of the other, but without any movementof them, or smack, as in our mode. Our kiss they neveradopt, not even between the sexes, but, on the contrary,always ridicule it, and term it the inhite man’s kiss.