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Excerpt from A Paumotuan Dictionary: With Polynesian Comparatives They wear very light clothing - generally, only a waist-belt and a head-dress of cloth, made from the paper-mulberry. Their spears, of about l5it. In length, are r their principal weapons; but these spears, as well as their paddles, are profusely carved in elegant designs. Their vessels are immensely fine and strong double canoes, in which they are able to take long voyages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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