Explanation of Plate XV. 



Fig. 1. — Women of Lelo, Kusuie, one of tlicni i-' inakiug nets. 

 Fig, 2. — A\^)men and girls of Lelo, Kusaie. Tiie iilanders of Kusaie are 

 tlie luoît Europcauized among the natives of tlic Caroline Islands. 

 Tiiey dress in European style as sliown in this figure, and never 

 wear the pMieho-like garment. Two or three women in this figure 

 liave M'reaths of grass on their licads. The young woman in the 

 center holds a man's hat. Hats are made by women. A house 

 Srtands in the background with walls typical of the dwellings in 

 Kusaie. 



