BY N. DE MIKLOUHO-MACLAY. 353 



34. Abroma Augusta (Mal-Sel) (1). The maloi women, consist- 

 ing of a fringe more or less long, is made out of the fibres of the 

 banana stem, or rf the fibres of the Mal-Sel. 



35. Gnetum spec. (Tavan-Sel). The ^'rms (bags) are woven on t 

 of strings twisted of fibres of Tavan-Sel. 



36. Vitis spec. (JVug-Sel). Very strong strings are twisted and 

 sometimes plaited out of the Nu,g-Sel and of 



37. Boehmeria nivea (^Den-Sel) and cf 



38. Rol-Sel, which is the stem of a plant belonging to the Legu- 

 minosoe. 



39. Calamus spec. (^Bu-Sel). For anchor ropes and difi'erent 

 riggings in native canoes (which are sometimes two masted), as 

 well as for binding the parts of the framework of huts and fences 

 the Bu-Sel is generally in use. 



As material for baskets and mats, leaves of cocoanut, sago and 

 other palms are used. 



The sail of canoes is a large square mat made of Pandanus leaves. 



Spears, bows, ends of arrows, etc , etc., are made out of the outer 

 portion of the stem of the cocoanut and caryota palms. 



40. Canarium gutur {n. spec.) (Guiur). (2) The c?amar-like resin, 

 which trickles out from the trees of this species of Canarium is 

 called by the natives also Gutur and is used by them principally 

 as a binding material in the manufacture ot different implements. 



41. Calophyllum Inophyllum (Subanj). The boiled nuts are 

 used as a kind of wash for the crisped hair of the natives after 

 which operation (the subary-nut having made the wash oily) the 

 kumu (3) sticks better to the hair. For the same purpose — hot, 

 scraped pulp of old cocoa nut is also in use. 



(1) <S'e^ — is the genei-al name for string or rope. 



(2) Vide Appendix, p. 357. 



(3) The kmnu or the black dye for body and hair of the natives of the 

 Maclay-Coast is (after the analysis of Mr. R. Everwyn of the Mining 

 Department in Batavia) Pyrolusite with a little oxide of iron. 



