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Polynesian Researches

CHAP. XIII

CHAP. XIII

FROM PAGE 324 TO PAGE 347.

Former customs on Wairuku river—Affecting instance of infanticide—Extent of infanticide; motives to its practice; humane efforts of the chiefs for preventing it—Account of the native methods of curing diseases—Tradition of the origin of medicine—Waiakea bay—Conversation with natives of the Marquesian islands—Farewell visit to Maaro—Voyage to Laupahoehoe—Description of a double canoe—Native hospitality.