...proceedings being regulated by attending matabooles. The yams being all slung, each pole is carried by two men upon their shoulders, one walking before the other,...the yam hanging between them, ornamented with red ribands. The procession begins to move towards the grave of* the last Tooitonga, the men advancing...

...proceedings are regulated by attending matabooles.2 The yams being all slung, each pole is carried by two men upon their shoulders, one walking before the other,...measured pace, sinking at every step, as if their burden were of immense weight In the meantime the chiefs and matabooles are seated in a semicircle before...

..."a rank next are principally held" (Mariner, Tonga below chiefs or nobles'' (ibid.). VOL. II 2 H 2 generally in the neighbourhood, or the grave of one...measured pace, sinking at every step, as if their burden were of immense weight. In the meantime the chiefs and matabooles are seated in a semicircle before...

...proceedings are regulated by attending matabooles.2 The yams being all slung, each pole is carried by two men upon their shoulders, one walking before the other,...towards the grave of the last Tooitonga (which is 1 The malsii is "a piece of ground, Islands, Vocabulary). generally before a large house, or chief's...

...the last Tooitonga (which is (divine generally in the neighbourhood, or the grave of one of ch,ef). his family will do), the men advancing in a single...measured pace, sinking at every step, as if their burden were of immense weight. In the meantime the chiefs and matabooles are seated in a semicircle before...

...ask Tooitonga to fix the date and place. He generally named the tenth day, and the place was near " the grave of the last Tooitonga, which is generally...neighbourhood, or the grave of one of his family will do." On the appointed day " the chiefs and matabooles (vassals) are seated in a semi-circle before the grave...

...ask Tooitonga to fix the date and place. He generally named tne tenth day, and the place was near " the grave of the last Tooitonga, which is generally...neighbourhood, or the grave of one of his family will do." On the appointed day " the chiefs and matabooles (vassals) are seated in a semi-circle before the grave...

...ask Tooitonga to fix the date and place. He generally named the tenth day, and the place was near " the grave of the last Tooitonga, which is generally...neighbourhood, or the grave of one of his family will do." On the appointed day " the chiefs and matabooles (vassals) are seated in a semicircle before the grave...