ROTIE.
The island of Rotic situated a little to the east of Loan, and about forty miles in length is said to comprise fifteen petty states. The inhabitants are a handsome rare, and likewise more fierce and courageous than the people of Timon. Tlio women are celebrated for their beauty, The language of the natives of Rolie is said to be softer and more agreeable than thai of their neighbours. As in Savu the syt up of the palm tree is frequently their only fund; though the soil produces rice uud bailey in abundance. ■\Yhena crocodile has devoured a near relation of the king or Chief, they declare war against those animals and afterwards make peace with them in the same manner as they would with a neighbouring tribe. The World in Miniature.
Various arc the contrivances of vain men, to have their names written of earth, and to procure after their deaths an imaginary immortality for themselves and their families, in the memory and conversation of posterity, which i> not often obtained, and if obtained is of no value; when with less trouble- they might have had their names written in heaven, and have secured to themselves a blessed immortality in the glorious kingdom of their Uodeiner.— Bishop Home.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume VI, Issue 140, 4 May 1854, Page 4
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210ROTIE. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume VI, Issue 140, 4 May 1854, Page 4
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