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a great celebration is held, the principal features of which are a feast 

 and dance but no offerings are then made to the spirits. 



The small crop of sugar-cane is made into an alcoholic drink, which 

 is sometimes indulged in at meal time but is generally reserved for 

 festive occasions. The juice is boiled with a plant called palba, similar 

 to ginger, and is stored away in bamboo tubes until it has reached a 

 suitable stage of fermentation. Another drink is made by boiling 

 strained honey with the palba and allowing it to ferment. 



HUNTING AND FISHING 

 A considerable portion of the food supply is secured by hunting 

 and fishing. Small birds are captured by placing a sticky substance 

 on bare limbs of fruit-bearing trees, or by fastening gummed sticks 

 in places frequented by birds. When a victim alights on this it is held 

 securely until captured by the hunter. Fig. 5 1 shows another method 

 small ?ame. A cord with a noose at one end is 



of securing such 



FIG. 51. 



Bird Snare. 



attached to a bent limb. In the center of this cord is tied a short 

 stick which acts as a trigger. This trigger is placed with the top end 

 pressing against an arched twig a, while the other end draws b against 

 the sides of the arch. Other sticks rest on b and on them is a covering 

 of leaves on which is placed bait and the open noose. The weight of 

 a bird or small animal on the cross-piece is sufficient to release the 

 trigger and then the bent limb draws the noose taut. 



The series of slip nooses attached to a central cord which surrounds 

 a tame decoy is also found in use here, and boys frequently secure 

 birds by means of blow-guns. The latter do not differ from those 



