[207] Woods, l.c. pp. 38, 39 (Taplin, “The Narrinyeri”). Cf. the solos in the Atiu canoe-song, describing the guns of Captain Cook. Gill, From Darkness to Light, p. 263. On the song of the Marshall Islanders describing the ships of the Russian expedition, the dresses of the sailors, etc., see Rienzi, Océanie, ii. p. 196.
[208] Varigny, Quatorze ans aux Iles Sandwich, pp. 18-23, particularly p. 19. A short reference to the same song can be found in Fornander, The Polynesian Race, ii. p. 171.
[209] Steinen, Unter den Naturvölkern, pp. 244 sq., 248, 249.
[210] Hyades, in Mission scientifique du Cap Horn, vii. p. 253.
[211] Martial, ibid. i. p. 214.
[212] Mr. Bridges’ unpublished work, quoted by Hyades, l.c. vii. p. 377.
[213] Cranz, Historie von Grönland, i. p. 292.
[214] Cranz, l.c. p. 229.
[215] Codrington, The Melanesians, pp. 47, 48; cf. Romilly, My Verandah in New Guinea, p. 87.
[216] Kleinschmidt, in Journal des Museum Godeffroy, xiv. 1879, p. 268. (“Reisen auf den Viti Inseln. Insel Vatu Lele”). Williams, Fiji, pp. 99, 142; Spencer, Descriptive Sociology, Division I. Nr. iii. p. 60.