From: Chapter Twenty-One
TOUGH GUYS WEAR SKIRTS
“They brandish’d Their weapons, distort’d their Mouths, Lolling out their Tongues and Turn’d up the Whites of their Eyes Accompanied with a strong hoarse song, Calculated in my opinion to Cheer Each Other and Intimidate their Enemies.”
––Lieutenant John Gore, Cook’s Voyages, 1769
... At the Center, we were warmly greeted by a group of Tongans dressed in grass skirts, feather headdresses, and shell beads. . .
