Chap. XV.] 



TLUNT-HEADED ARROWS. 



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" dead birds " {Burong mate), the trade term by which the Birds 

 of Paradise are known. 



On the margin of the narrow sea channel was a compound 

 house, an oblong building raised on numerous posts above the 

 ground. Inside it had a central passage, leading from the door 

 to the back wall, and on either side of this it was divided into 

 small pens by low irregularly made partitions. Each of these 

 pens held a family, and the women huddled together to hide 

 themselves in the corners of them, just as did those in Wokan 

 Island. 



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HEAD OF A SOUTH AMERICAN BIRD 

 ARROW, IN THE CHRISTY COL- 

 LECTION. 



HEAD OF AN ARROW USED FOR 

 SHOOTING BIRDS OF PARA- 

 DISE IN THE ARU ISLANDS. 



We purchased bows and arrows from the natives. The 

 arrows are very like New Guinea arrows in the various forms 

 of their points, but are all provided with a notch and feathers, 

 the latter being often bright parrots' feathers. Some have a 

 blade-like point of bamboo, and a man who was watching a 

 native plantation, to keep wild animals off from it, told me he 

 used these for shooting pigs. Some are tipped with Cassowary 

 bone, some are many - pronged, and these are used for 



