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 the ceremony was over, go down to the reef, into the water, and disfigure her face and body with the sharp

QUEEN EMMA, ONE OF TANOA’S WIVES.

edge of a small shell, causing the blood to flow. After such a performance she looked as if she had been dragged  through a thicket of brambles.