1892-93.] 



NOTES ON THE WESTERN D^INES. 



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And first as to the ceremonial lodge (fig. 174). It is so called from its 

 being the seat of all large native gatherings, such as festival banquets, 

 distributions, dances, etc. It serves at the same time as the dwelling 



Fig. 174. 



house of the nobleman to whom it belongs and of such co-gentile 

 families as it can contain. Its erection was the occasion of great 

 festivities and necessitated the accumulation by the future proprietor of 



Fig. 176. 



Fig. 175- 



large quantities of eatables and dressed skins. Following step by step 



the progress of its building, which was diversified, as on the coast, by 



intervals of merry-making and feasting, we will proceed to a brief 

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