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KKCOKIJS OF THK AL'STKALIAN MUSKUM. 



mend an accidental tear (fig. 'SOh). This he did with a piece 



of fihie-twine and a sharply 

 pointed piece of wood, cut just 

 for the occasion, though it is 

 not to be denied that the 

 mend shewed considerable 

 Local names : — 

 NGI. wo-nian, CHI. and 

 NGA. kambilla, MAL. mag- 

 ura (:=:narae of the Ficiis 

 ehretioides fi'oni which der- 



Fig. SOA. — The proximal end of the sewir);^ , 



string; (on left of figure) is not tied but prevented puckering 

 from slippinfj' by means of a knot in it, sus- 

 pended by the next loop. The distal end of 

 the sevvinj; string (on the right of the figure) is 

 also prevented from slipping by means of a 

 knot. Tlie scwinaf was carried out from proxi- 

 mal to distal (left to right of the figure). 



ived) and keba (=name of tree not identified] 



