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The
women
were
not
tattooed
so
much
as
the
men
,
having
only
a
few
marks
on
their
feet
and
arms
.
But
I
must
say
,
however
objectionable
this
strange
practice
may
be
,
it
nevertheless
had
this
good
effect
--
that
it
took
away
very
much
from
their
appearance
of
nakedness
.
Next
day
,
while
we
were
returning
from
the
woods
to
our
schooner
,
we
observed
Romata
rushing
about
in
the
neighbourhood
of
his
house
,
apparently
mad
with
passion
.
"
Ah
!
"
said
Bill
to
me
,
"
there
he
's
at
his
old
tricks
again
.
That
's
his
way
when
he
gets
drink
.
The
natives
make
a
sort
of
drink
o
'
their
own
,
and
it
makes
him
bad
enough
;
but
when
he
gets
brandy
he
's
like
a
wild
tiger
.
The
captain
,
I
suppose
,
has
given
him
a
bottle
,
as
usual
,
to
keep
him
in
good-humour
.
After
drinkin
'
he
usually
goes
to
sleep
,
and
the
people
know
it
well
,
and
keep
out
of
his
way
for
fear
they
should
waken
him
.
Even
the
babies
are
taken
out
of
earshot
;
for
when
he
's
waked
up
he
rushes
out
,
just
as
you
see
him
now
,
and
spears
or
clubs
the
first
person
he
meets
.
"
It
seemed
at
the
present
time
,
however
,
that
no
deadly
weapon
had
been
in
his
way
,
for
the
infuriated
chief
was
raging
about
without
one
.
Suddenly
he
caught
sight
of
an
unfortunate
man
who
was
trying
to
conceal
himself
behind
a
tree
.
Rushing
towards
him
,
Romata
struck
him
a
terrible
blow
on
the
head
,
which
knocked
out
the
poor
man
's
eye
and
also
dislocated
the
chief
's
finger
.
The
wretched
creature
offered
no
resistance
;
he
did
not
even
attempt
to
parry
the
blow
.
Indeed
,
from
what
Bill
said
,
I
found
that
he
might
consider
himself
lucky
in
having
escaped
with
his
life
,
which
would
certainly
have
been
forfeited
had
the
chief
been
possessed
of
a
club
at
the
time
.
"
Have
these
wretched
creatures
no
law
among
themselves
,
"
said
I
,
"
which
can
restrain
such
wickedness
?
"
"
None
,
"
replied
Bill
"
The
chief
's
word
is
law
.
He
might
kill
and
eat
a
dozen
of
his
own
subjects
any
day
for
nothing
more
than
his
own
pleasure
,
and
nobody
would
take
the
least
notice
of
it
.
"
This
ferocious
deed
took
place
within
sight
of
our
party
as
we
wended
our
way
to
the
beach
,
but
I
could
not
observe
any
other
expression
on
the
faces
of
the
men
than
that
of
total
indifference
or
contempt
.
It
seemed
to
me
a
very
awful
thing
that
it
should
be
possible
for
men
to
come
to
such
hardness
of
heart
and
callousness
to
the
sight
of
bloodshed
and
violence
;
but
,
indeed
,
I
began
to
find
that
such
constant
exposure
to
scenes
of
blood
was
having
a
slight
effect
upon
myself
,
and
I
shuddered
when
I
came
to
think
that
I
too
was
becoming
callous
.
I
thought
upon
this
subject
much
that
night
while
I
walked
up
and
down
the
deck
during
my
hours
of
watch
,
and
I
came
to
the
conclusion
that
if
I
,
who
hated
,
abhorred
,
and
detested
such
bloody
deeds
as
I
had
witnessed
within
the
last
few
weeks
,
could
so
soon
come
to
be
less
sensitive
about
them
,
how
little
wonder
that
these
poor
,
ignorant
savages
,
who
were
born
and
bred
in
familiarity
therewith
,
should
think
nothing
of
them
at
all
,
and
should
hold
human
life
in
so
very
slight
esteem
!
Next
morning
I
awoke
with
a
feverish
brow
and
a
feeling
of
deep
depression
at
my
heart
;
and
the
more
I
thought
on
my
unhappy
fate
,
the
more
wretched
and
miserable
did
I
feel
.
