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. . . The natives differ from those of the mainland, re- 

 sembling in appearance a mixture of the Motu native 

 and of the New Hebrides native." Basil Thomson 

 (1889, P- 53 2 ) says: "Their appearance suggests a 

 hybrid between the Papuan and the natives of the 

 Solomon Islands. . . . They are short and robust, of 

 sooty-brown complexion, with a flat nose, wide nostrils 

 and markedly prognathous." 



The D'Entrecasteaux Group consists of Duau (Nor- 



manby Island), Moratau (Ferguson Island), Goodenough 

 Island and a few small islands. The large islands are 

 mountainous, very steep and fertile ; as there are no fringing 

 reefs very little fishing is done, so the people are driven to 

 agriculture, at which they are very expert, making terraces 

 on the mountain sides. All the natives appear to be head- 

 hunters. Moresby (p. 245) found them very friendly. 

 " The Papuan type is well seen in " the natives of Duau. 

 " There can be no doubt that the most advanced of them, 

 those of the east end, are head-hunters. The inhabitants 

 of the southern part of the island are very ready to trade. 

 . . . Those of the central portion have no idea whatever of 

 trade, and those of the north end have a less productive 

 country and do not seem to possess the energy of those in 

 the south " (Macgregor, C. A., 13, t8qo, p. n; also C. A., 

 1, 1892, p. 63 ; C. A., 1, 1893, p. 23). Basil Thomson 

 {p. 536) came across two tribes in the north not ten miles 

 apart, one of which would barter all they possessed for 

 tobacco, while the other did not know its use. The natives 

 of Moratau, the largest of the group, are keen traders and 

 have large canoes (Macgregor, C. A, 1, 1892, p. 65 ; 1893, 

 p. 2 ; B. H. Thomson, p. 536). The Goodenough islanders 

 are a friendly, undemonstrative people who make clay pots. 

 "They are practically an inland or 'bush tribe' (B. H. 

 Thomson, p. 540). Sergi describes a large number of skulls 

 from Dawson Strait. 



The principal island of The Trobriand Group is Kiri- 



wina. Only one language is spoken in the group ; social 

 matters are on quite a different footing from elsewhere in 

 the Protectorate. It is very seldom that a woman or a boy 



