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THE CRUISE OF TEE ' GURAQOA: 



them of open shell-rings fastened to a bamboo rib, and others 

 of small mitre shells attached to a cocoa-nut fibre braid ; 

 some again of porpoise teeth strung in lumps, with a few 



SPECIMENS or XECKIJICES. 



beads at the bottom, or others composed of a piece of shell 

 nicely rounded, from one inch to one and a half in width, 



SPECIMENS OF NECEUCE9. 



and very white, arranged in patterns sometimes very simple 

 and pretty. Occasionally they have an especial value ; such, 

 for instance, as those made of black, red, and white shell 



