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Chapter 24

           Romataworeamagnificentblackbeardandmoustache,andhishairwasfrizzedouttosuchanextentthatitresembledalargeturban,inwhichwasstuckalongwoodenpin!Iafterwardsfoundthatthispinservedforscratchingthehead,forwhichpurposethefingersweretooshortwithoutdisarrangingthehair.ButRomataputhimselftomuchgreaterinconvenienceonaccountofhishair;forwefoundthathesleptwithhisheadrestingonawoodenpillow,inwhichwascutahollowfortheneck,sothatthehairofthesleepermightnotbedisarranged.

           Intenminutesthecanoereturned,bringingtheotherchief,whocertainlypresentedamostextraordinaryappearance,havingpaintedonehalfofhisfaceredandtheotherhalfyellow,besidesornamentingitwithvariousdesignsinblack!OtherwisehewasmuchthesameinappearanceasRomata,thoughnotsopowerfullybuilt.Asthischiefhadneverseenashipbeforeexcept,perchance,someofthepettytradersthatatlongintervalsvisittheseremoteislandshewasmuchtakenupwiththeneatnessandbeautyofallthefittingsoftheschooner.Hewasparticularlystruckwithamusketwhichwasshowntohim,andaskedwherethewhitemengothatchetshardenoughtocutthetreeofwhichthebarrelwasmade!Whilehewasthusengaged,hisbrother-chiefstoodaloof,talkingwiththecaptain,andfondlingasuperbcockandalittleblue-headedparoquetthefavouritesofwhichIhavebeforespoken.IobservedthatalltheothernativeswalkedinacrouchingposturewhileinthepresenceofRomata.

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