He was distinguished from the other natives by an ornament round his waist, which fell to his knees.
His skin seemed a trifle less dark, his features less marked; but his body was tattooed and stained after the common fashion.
The new comer turned out to be a Portuguese deserter, who had abandoned his ship twenty years before, and had married the daughter of a chief of the island on which he now was.

At the present moment, he filled the part of prime minister to the king, an office be could not have held in his own ungrateful country, since he could neither read nor write.

These accomplishments, it appeared, were not, however, absolutely indispensable in Polynesia.

It has been found that when a savage is transferred to Europe, he readily acquires the habits of civilized life.

By a similar adaptation of things to circumstances, this European had identified himself with the savages.