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the top, and shaped like a canoe afloat ; others like a canoe turned 
upside down; others like a crocodile with large open mouth. 
They are built of wood, some of bamboo; some thatched with 
sago leaf, others with nipa leaf, and others with long grass. 
The flooring in some parts is large planks made from old canoes ; 
in other tribes strips of palm, and, inland, frequently the sago 
leaf stem. 
In cultivating, the earth is turned over with long, pointed 
sticks, natives standing in a row, and each native with two: 
sticks. When dry, the women go over the ground, pick out all 
roots and burn them, breaking up the clods with short pieces of 
hard wood at the same time. The fencing and hard work 
generally is done by the men, the women assisting. The women 
plant, weed, and fetch, the men assisting. Yams, bananas, sweet 
potatoes, and sugar-cane are the chief kinds of food, and in some 
districts these grow abundantly. 
Food is cooked in pots made from clay by the women, and in 
some parts earth ovens are sometimes used. 
There is only one meal a day, and that in the afternoon. 
As a rule, strangers are kindly received, but sometimes 
rudely, and even cruelly, treated. At Aroma they were badly 
treated. 
Visitors are generally met in a kindly manner, and have food 
cooked for them. Friends bring dishes of food and place near to 
visitors. 
All the tribes love dress, and use flowers and variegated leaves. 
In many parts they very artistically paint the face. On the head 
they wear various kinds of head dresses made from birds’ feathers, 
and greatly delight in the whole plume of the Paradisea regiana. 
They have shell ornaments on the forehead, also necklaces, made 
from small shells, dogs’ teeth, and kangaroos’ teeth. On the 
breast they wear a large pearl-shell crescent. Everywhere they 
wear tortoise-shell earrings ; in some districts they are very large. 
In the nose they wear ground pieces of shell, and sometimes 
coral, also pieces of wood when not dressed, On their arms they 
have large toeas (arm-shells, made from a large conical shell) ; also 
armlets, made from vines, pandanus leaves, and reeds. Round 
the body they have belts of various kinds, some made of native 
cloth and coloured, others made of the bark of a tree, nicely 
carved, and inlaid with lime and red ochre. On legs they wear 
knitted garters and anklets, some very tastefully worked. The 
most dressy of all the tribes is the Eelema. 
The Dahuni natives wear the soft part of the sago leaf, which 
covers the person, and they look respectable. Mailiu, Aroma, 
Levalupo, Motu, Eelema, and others wear only a string, and on 
occasions a narrow piece of native cloth, coloured. Kabadi, 
Nara, Lolo, Maiva, Kiveri, cover the person with a piece of native 
cloth, and are ashamed if seen without it. 
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