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Guam are precisely- alike. The}' are all nearly of one size (19-21 in. in diameter), and 

 are tied under the chin. The simple vizors of the Fijian and the Solomon Islander 

 answer the same purpose. 



From Ebon, Marshall Ids., comes a pandanus mat of neat and curious construc- 

 tion. The leaves are seledled of full width, excepting, of course, the prickly edges, and 





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Fig. 40. PANDANUS MAT FROM EBON. 



are strung double on strips of the same material, i/i in. wide. These strips show full 

 length on the inside (see Fig. 40), but on the outside there are four stitches shown, 

 and these come at the edges of the leaves in such a position as to bind them securely 

 together. Between the rows of stitches, and of course between the double leaves, are 

 inserted free single leaves to give body and elasticity to the mat, which in the specimen 

 illustrated is 25X45 in. Two of these mats are sewn together by a stout seam of 

 pandanus strip, shown on the bottom of the figure, while the other edge is neatly 

 hemmed, as may be more clearly seen in Fig. 41. The long binding strips are simply 



