DRESS OF THE FEMALES. 203 



other marking's^ — that o^er the face is more com- 

 plicated^ and on the fore arm and Avrist it is 

 frequently so elaborate as to assume the appearance 

 of beautiful lace-work. 



Unlike the men — whose only article of dress con- 

 sists of a small breech-cloth of pandanus leaf passing- 

 between the leg's^ and secured before and behind to 

 a strino- or other o-irdle round the waist — tlie females 

 wear petticoats (noge) of the same leaf^ di^dded into 

 lono' oTass-like shreds, reachino* to the knee. That 

 worn by the g'irls consists merely of sing-le lengths 

 made fast to a strino- Avhich ties round the Avaist ; 

 but the Avomen wear a larg-er and thicker kind of 

 petticoat^ composed of three layers of different de- 

 g-rees of fineness and lengths^ forming- as many 

 ^^' flounces/' the upper one of more finely divided 

 stuffy neatly plaited above^ over a girdle of the same 

 toug'h bark (harrai) used in making- their larg-er 

 kinds of rope. Two or three of these petticoats are 

 usually worn one over the other, and in cold or wet 

 weather the outer one is untied and fastened round 

 the neck^ covering- the upper part of the body like a 

 cape or short cloak. The hair of the women is also 

 usually but not invariably twisted up into ^^ tln-ums'' 

 like those of a mop^ a style of dressing- it here pecu- 

 liar to the female sex. 



Many pig-s were running- about the villag-e — small 

 in size^ lean and long* leg'g*ed^ usually blacky A\ith 

 coarse bristles — also two or three dog-s^ similar to 

 those seen at Brierly Island. One young- woman 



