Explanation of Plate VI. 



Fii;-. 1.- — ^TJio parijig of bread-fruit at Toloas, Truk. Tlic black balls are fruit 

 not yet pared, while from the white ones at the left corner, the 

 rinds liave already been removed. A scraper made of cowry sliell 

 is held l)y tlic old man in his right hand. Tiiis hgnre shows the 

 l)aring process in preparing food for cooking or storing. 



Fig. 2.^ — A M'oman carrying food, Toloas, Truk. She Jias brcad-frnit cakes 

 wrapped in l)anana leaves, on her liead. The bread-fruit cooked by 

 men in kitchen-sheds is thus carried by women to tJieir dwellings. 



Fig. 3.— Transportation of bread-fruit, at Fefän, Trnk. Some 15 or 16 

 bread-fruit are fastened to either end of a pole, and this pole is 

 (•arried by the native oil his shoulder. T\vo places regularly paved 

 with stones inilicate where the bread-fruit is stored underground. 



