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and all over the face; also diagonal lines 

 over the upper part of the body. The men, 

 however, sometimes redden their chests and 

 faces with burnt clay. Occasionally one sees 

 a face reddened on the one side, but not the 

 other. Some use a black manganese ore 

 instead; old women are often blackened. 

 These people, unlike some others, are ashamed 

 to go about naked: the men wear a piece of 

 bark-cloth as a bandage, about 6 inches wide, 

 and a shell iu a bag hangs from the neck. 

 The women wear two bunches of grass fastened 

 to a belt one in front and one behind, the 

 latter being the longer but no ornaments. 



The diet is mixed : cocoanuts and sago 

 are the chief vegetables; they eat pigs' flesh 

 and what fish they can catch. Unlike most 

 Papuans, they have no bows and arrows, clubs 

 or shields. Their houses are built on the 

 ground, close to the shore, not elevated, and 

 of an elongated beehive shape. Some are 

 merely a continuous wall and thatch of grass 

 and cocoanut leaves; others have wooden walls 

 cut up into billets. They are about 20 feet 

 long, 10 feet broad, and 15 feet high. Food, 

 implements, etc., are kept on shelves resting 



From J)r. A. B. Meyer's " Album von Philipinnen 

 MEN OF NEW IRELAND, WITH SPEARS. 



Fl'Oln Dr. A. B. Meyff't "Album VUH PliilipirtHfit '1'y/t'i'." 



MEN OF NEW IRELAND, IN BATTLE-ARRAY. 



