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other hand, inlaying with shell and nacre is very character- 

 istic of the Solomon Islands and this is absent from the 

 Massims, there are besides many other points of difference. 

 So far as I am acquainted with photographs of natives 

 from the New Hebrides I do not see any resemblance be- 

 tween them and the Motu, but it must be borne in mind 

 that there can be culture-drift without appreciable actual 

 mixture, though amongst savage peoples the latter must 

 to a certain extent be concurrent. 



When one thinks of the considerable amount of 

 literature there already is on New Guinea one is surprised 

 at the vagueness and imperfection of a good deal of our 

 information. Now that the problems to be solved have 

 been clearly stated it is to be hoped that further and more 

 precise data will be forthcoming. 



Alfred C. Haddon. 



