The Folk-Talcs of titc Krwai Pa/>tiaiis 



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Jlan on a harpooning platform spearing a dugong. Di'awn by Nàmai of Mawàta. 



at the same tiiue thi'owing himself into tbe water to increase the force of the thrust. 



Tlien the canoë is brought aloiig the rope which has run out, and a man with anothev 



rope dives down and secures a knot round the dugong's tail. 



Fishing is practised in varions différent ways, and shell-fish are coUected by the 



women. 



War. In former times ail kinds of fends took up the native's finie to a great 



extent. Wai- was preceded by magical and other préparations. The tight itself usually 



took the form of a sudden attack, and the hour as a rule chosen was just before 



daybreak, when the enemy were 

 thought to be asleep. Neither âge 

 nor sex was spared in the wars, 

 and ail the enemy's property was 

 destroyed excepting what was car- 

 ried away. The heads of the slain 

 were eut ofF with a bamboo knife 

 and strung on to a head-carrier of 

 rattan. Such trophies were kept in 

 „the men's bouse". On returning 

 home a victorious party was re- 

 ceived with great festivities, at 

 which pipi, nékede, and other 

 . ,. , dances were performed. 



.Man spearing iish. *■ 



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