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Gunnar Landt.mak. 



Native bridge. 



Agriculture. The occu- 

 pations of the Kiwai people 

 are agriculture, hunting and 

 fisbing. The natives fence in 

 their gardens and cultivate 

 them with a great care. The 

 principal plants grown are 

 sweet potatoes, yams, taro, 

 and diiferent kinds of fruit, 

 and amongst cultivated trees 

 the most important are the 

 coconut and sago palms. 



Tobacco was known 

 before the arrivai of the Euro- 

 peans, but its cultivation has 

 nearly ceased on account of 

 Indigenous bamboo pipes are used for 



the préférence for the white men 's tobacco 

 smoking. 



Hunting and Fisliing. The animais hunted are the wild pig, the cassowary, a 

 few kinds of kangaroo, and various birds. Certain tribes kill and eat crocodiles, snakes, 

 and iguanas. 



At the coral reefs out at sea the dugong (Halicore aiistralis) and turtle are 

 cauglit. The harpoon used for this purpose consists of a long heavy handle, into the 

 end of which a loose head is in- 

 serted, and the latter is lashed on 

 to a long rope. A tuft of casso- 

 wary feathers décorâtes the upper 

 end of the handle. The harpooning 

 sometimes takes place from the 

 bow of the canoës while sailing 

 along. Usually however a plat- 

 forrn on tall posts is erected on 

 the reef at low water, and there 

 the harpooner takes bis place. The 

 dugong appear with the rising tide, 

 and when one of the animais comes 



within reach the man harpoons it, ^'ative banana garden with leiue. 



Tom. XLVU 



