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especially interesting carving, long after the hours when they would usually 

 be swinging in their hammocks, in the cool shade of their palm-thatched 

 homes. 



Some particularly interesting carving would be unearthed — a little turning over in the 

 hand, the fragment would fit into its place with other fragments and the workmen would go 

 on with the digging 



The tree trunks, matted roots and all the surface accumulation of cen- 

 turies were carefully removed so as not to disturb the sequence, nor yet 



The natives proved faithful workmen and became so interested that they often remained 

 many hours overtime at the digging 



