There is perhaps no other such universal practice as that of Tattooing which prevails among semi-savage races in various parts of the globe, but especially among the South Sea Islanders.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
Dicky was a grand hand at Tattooing, bless you: he'd tattooed himself all over!
"The Mark Of Cain"
Andrew Lang
"Why," said Mrs. Gullick, who had been in the outer room during the conversation, "why, it was a sailor gentleman that stood Dicky treat A most pleasant-spoken man for a sailor, with a big black beard He used to meet Dicky here, in the private room up-stairs, and there Dicky used to do him a turn of his trade-Tattooing him, like.
"The Mark Of Cain"
Andrew Lang