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II.—REPORT ON THE AUSTRALASIAN, PAPUAN, 
AND POLYNESIAN RACES. 
(1.) New Guinea. Toaripr and Ko1ari TRIBES, BY 
THE Rev. JAMES CHALMERS. 
(2) TOARIPI TRIBE. 
BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD. 
In many of the tribes a feast is prepared by relatives when a 
woman is known to have conceived, but here (Toaripi, or Motu- 
motu) nothing is done. After conception a woman is not sacred, 
but hes with her husband until near childbirth. When she feels 
the pains of childbirth, she goes to the bush close by, and 
selecting a cocoanut or other large tree, lies down beside it. A 
friend brings her a chatty of water and a shell. She is left 
alone, and does everything for herself and the child. The after- 
birth she takes home and presents to her mother or other near 
relative, who keeps it for a day or two, when it is thrown into 
the sea. Ifa son is born, great is the joy ; if a girl—well, only 
a little pleased. She cooks her own food, but the husband does 
not partake of food cooked by her; he remains away from her 
until the child is well grown, when he enters the house, talks 
with his wife, and nurses the child. There is no cohabitation 
until the child is grown and able to crawl about. Only then 
will the husband have connection with her and eat food cooked 
by her. A man having connection with his wife before then 
would injure the child, who would sicken and die. 
A woman having another child before one is quite grown is 
spoken of as an animal, a pig, or something else ; she would be 
terribly ashamed. An Eastern Polynesian woman had two 
children within a year, and the natives were horribly disgusted, 
and said she was only a sow. 
