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knives and forks. The water in which food has been boiled is gener- 

 ally drunk, even when it is fish-broth. This is their only warm drink. 

 Tea and coffee are unknown. They have no intoxicant, and are con- 

 tent and healthy with no stronger beverage than the fresh cocoa-nut 

 and running stream afford. 



The women excel in making netted bags of all sizec. The large 

 bags, which are used by the women to carry their burdens in, and also 

 as cradles, were interesting as the only article I had met which was 

 also made by the aborigines of Australia. The women are charged 

 with the bartering, and are skillful at driving a bargain ; and they 

 have the Eastern custom of going for water at daybreak, carrying the 

 water on the head or shoulder, and meeting for gossip at the well. 



Fig. 3. Faudore, a Doret Papuan. (L. M. D'Albertls.) 



When food is plentiful, the day is generally closed with a ball in 

 the open air under the cocoa-nut trees. The young people dance, while 

 their seniors look on and criticise or commend. They will often keep 

 up the dancing, to the monotonous music of their drums, until the small 

 hours of the morning. 



Strangers are saluted by putting the hand to the nose and then to 

 the stomach. Shaking hands and kissing are alike unknown ; but 

 many among the inland tribes welcome their friends by chucking them 

 under the chin. It is considered bad manners to omit, on meeting a 



