Explanation of Plate XX. 



Fig. 1. — Two men and a woman of Yap. 



Fig. 2. — Men of the Yap Islands. Besides tlie loin-elotli, tiiey wear a long belt. 

 . made of tlie inner bark of liibiscns, partly as ornament. On their 

 left wrists they wear tortoise-shell bracelets. Each of them carries 

 a basket plaited with leaves in his liand, containing tobacco and 

 things used in chewing betel-nut. A cylinder, protruding from the 

 basket held by the man in the center, is a lime-holder. The same 

 man also wears an anklet on the right leg. Under their arms they 

 carry pieces of the bark of the betel-nut tree (?), which they use for 

 sitting upon. Notice the toes of the man at the extreme right. 



