44 -'^rt. Vn. — A. Miitsnmnra : 



The slioll ring shown in Fig. 10 was (hscovored by Dr. Hasebo 

 in a tomb at Panui, N<inniatal, Ponapé. It is some 44 mm. broad. 

 Like the bracelet of conns fonnd in New Gninea, it was possibly 

 employed for the same purpose, though it is difîerent from the 

 slender one made of shells worn in the West Caroline Islands. 

 Or it may be tliat it was an ornament on the cardobe, like the 

 ear-ornament which F. J. Moss^ tells us was worn by a king of 

 the island of Majuro, Marshall Archipelago. It is quite possible 

 tliat the specimen is a remnant indicating the existence of this 

 custom in Ponapé in the past. The shape and size allow both 

 conjectures. 



6. Finger-rings. — The islanders have often rings on their fingers. 

 Most of the rings are made of tortoise-shell, and some inlaid with 

 metal which latter, however, are imported articles or their imita- 

 tions. They are w^orn by both sexes, as among civilized races. 



The natives do not wear any sort of sandals. Both sexes go 

 bare foot, regardless of age or class, or of how they afiect European 

 fashions otherwise. 



Cha})ter II. 



Food and Other Articles. 



In the tropical zones, the inliabitants live on what edible plants 

 they find, which fact renders life comparatively easy as compared 

 with other regions. We are told that in Ceram Island in the 

 Malay Archipelago a single sago-tree yields enough to feed a man, 

 while the traveher Cook writes that only six bread-fruit trees will 



1 F. J. Moss, " Throagh Atolls and Islands in the great Sonth Sea," Piute facing page 127. 



