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THE GliUISE OF THE 'CURAQOA: 



wood gradually increasing in size, are inserted in it, until this 

 part of the ear is stretched to so ])reposterous a size as to 

 admit a disk of 3-| inches diameter, and \ to ^ of an inch in 



thickness.' 



Their nose ornaments 

 are made sometimes of 

 mother of pearl, and 

 take the forms of tliese 

 represented in this wood- 

 cut. 



After some barter with 

 them we went aslioi'e in 

 the long boat, the Bishop 

 taking tlie lead in his 

 whale boat. Our boat 

 could not get into the 

 narrow channel through 

 which the Bishop easily 

 passed, but by turning 

 a little to tlie right as 

 advised, we finally found 

 a place in which we 

 could conveniently land. 

 There the Bishop ex- 

 pressed some apprehen- 

 sions respecting the disposition of the people near us, of 



' I had oue of this kind taken i'roni the ear of Sasara, a native of 

 Guadalcanal-, one of this group ; also one of pale-coloured wood 



MOTUliK OF PKAltL NOSE ORNAMENTS. 



