Коралловый остров

Chapter 25

           Iafterwardslearnedthatthisprocessoftattooingisverypainful,andtakeslongtodo,commencingattheageoften,andbeingcontinuedatintervalsuptotheageofthirty.Itisdonebymeansofaninstrumentmadeofbone,withanumberofsharpteeth,withwhichtheskinispunctured.Intothesepuncturesapreparationmadefromthekernelofthecandle-nut,mixedwithcocoa-nutoil,isrubbed,andthemarkthusmadeisindelible.Theoperationisperformedbyaclassofmenwhoseprofessionitis,andtheytattooasmuchatatimeasthepersononwhomtheyareoperatingcanbear,whichisnotmuch,thepainandinflammationcausedbytattooingbeingverygreat—sometimescausingdeath.Someofthechiefsweretattooedwithanornamentalstripedownthelegs,whichgavethemtheappearanceofbeingcladintights;othershadmarksroundtheanklesandinsteps,whichlookedliketight-fittingandelegantboots.Theirfaceswerealsotattooed,andtheirbreastswereveryprofuselymarkedwitheveryimaginablespeciesofdevice—muskets,dogs,birds,pigs,clubs,andcanoes,intermingledwithlozenges,squares,circles,andotherarbitraryfigures.

           Thewomenwerenottattooedsomuchasthemen,havingonlyafewmarksontheirfeetandarms.ButImustsay,howeverobjectionablethisstrangepracticemaybe,itneverthelesshadthisgoodeffect—thatittookawayverymuchfromtheirappearanceofnakedness.

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