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who are never seen without it in piibHc. After such a custom is 

 once estabhshed, even simple cords n.s those above mentioned, 

 growing in vohime, become transformed iuto wrapper-Uke coats as 

 worn by the natives o: Trak, finahy developing into a perfect 

 garment. 



We failed to see men of Palau wearing the necklace. Neither 

 does it appear that they wore it when Captain Wilson visited the 

 islands, for ho mentions nothing about the custom. There is, how- 

 ever, a custom among the women of wearing simple necklaces 

 which consist of a single piece of native money or sometimes two 

 or three small ones strung on a cord. As will be mentioned under 

 the heading of money, the natives of Palau have money which is 

 called audouth by them. Tlie pieces of various value are not 

 uniform in size and material. However, the necklace of aicclouth 

 mentioned above is worn almost exclusively by the women of 

 chiefs or other rich families. It is remarkable that among unciviliz- 

 ed peoples who take delight in complicate and gorgeous orna- 

 ments, the women of Palau constitute in respect of their necklace 

 an exception by their simplicity. For particulars the reader is 

 referred to the section on money (PL XXVI). 



3. Loin-cloth and Petticoat.— The natives of the West Caroline 

 group wear no clothes, except the loin-cloth for men and rough 

 petticoats for women. The loin-cloth for the men of Palau 

 consists of a long, narrow piece of cotton fabric, and resembles 

 the one worn by the Japanese, one end of the piece hanging on 

 the buttocks (PI. XXV). In Yap, the men wear round the waist 

 a piece of so called banana cloth imported from Mukamuk, north 

 of Yap. Besides this, long pieces of the inner bark of the hibiscus 

 are also worn by men above age. The girdle, which is often 

 dyed red, has one end usaally on the right side of the abdomen. 



