[229] _Vide_ Japanese tradition of the Deluge (Bertrand, "Dict. des Relig.," Gainet, i. 208; also _id._), it is said that the Japanese commemorate this event in their third annual festival, which takes place on the fifth day of the fifth month. Compare with Mandan's, _supra_. To complete the circle of evidence, as regards the general tradition, I must add the following extracts from Captain Cook's voyages, i. 110 (London, 1846):--"In the island of Huahieine, thirty-one leagues from Otaheite N.-W.," Captain Cook came upon an erection, of which he says--"The general resemblance between this repository and the ark of the Lord among the Jews is remarkable; but it is still more remarkable that upon inquiring of a boy what it was called, he said 'Ewharre no Eatua,' it is the house of God. He could, however, give no account of its signification or use." At p. 111, "Saw (at Uliatea) several Ewharre-no-Eatua or houses of God, to which carriage poles were attached as at Huahieine.... From thence we went to a long house not far distant, where among rolls of cloth and several other things we saw the _model of a canoe_, about three feet long, to which were tied eight human jawbones" [eight the number saved in the ark. Compare p. 197 with Kabiri. Compare with Ogilby (Japan, 177), where the god Canon (Canaan) is represented with seven heads on _his_ breast, eight with himself, he having been substituted for Noah as the head of the race.] Captain Cook adds, however, "We had already learnt that these, like scalps among the Indians of North America, were trophies of war," and suggests that the canoe "may be a symbol of invasion." That I must leave to the reader to decide, but the heads might be "trophies of conquest," and at the same time memorial heads,--the memorial heads having necessarily been replaced many times since the custom was first instituted.[230] [230] Captain Cook, speaking of their dances (p. 115), says, "Between the dances of the women the men performed a kind of dramatic interlude, in which there was _dialogue_ as well as dancing; but we were not sufficiently acquainted with their language to understand the subject. Some gentlemen saw a much more regular entertainment of the dramatic kind, which was divided into _four acts_." _Vide_ Abbe Gainet, "La Bible sans la Bible," i. 213, quotes l'Abbe Domenech, who speaks of "the dance of the Deluge among many nations of the north and west of America." Gainet also says that there were two distinct traditions of the Deluge in the east and west groups of the Society Islands (Otaheite).