Slicll-Ti imipcts nnd their Pisirilnttion. 43 



Zembsch, in his " Katalo^ Xo. i ver/.eichniss einer 

 etliiiographischen Sammlung aus dcr Siidsee,""' gives a 

 photo of a c\c\y figure of a god from Mah'koh) with a 

 /■/vVrvz-trumpet tied to each hand. Tlie truinpets are 

 perf<')rated on the side of the spire. 



In the Solomon Islands, Guppy-'" teils us that theshell- 

 tiunipets are made of large examples of both T)itou and 

 Ci^ssis, with a hole pierced on the side of the spire. 



In the island of Tanna, in the New Hebrides, shell- 

 trumpets aie blown as signals to the disease-makers, or 

 sorcerers, to entreat them to stop plaguing their victims. 

 " These disease-makers Cf)llected an\- iinhak, or rubbisii, 

 that had belonged to an^-one, such as the skin of a banana 

 he had eaten, wrapped it in a leaf like a cigar, and burned 

 it slowly at one end. As it burnt, the owner's illness 

 increased ; and if it was burnt to the end, he died ; there- 

 fore, as soon as a man fell ill, feeling sure that some sorcerer 

 was burning his rubbish, shell-trumi)cts, which can be 

 heard for miles, are blown as a hignal for the sorcerers to 

 stop, and wait for the presents which should be sent in the 

 morning. When a disease-maker fell ill himself, he toe 

 believed that some one was burning his rubbish, and had 

 his shells blown for inerc)'.""'" 



Iledley, in his " l^thnolog)- of Funafuti,""" tells us 

 that the Ellice Islanders are called together tf> a trial or 

 other ijublic ceremonx' b)^ the blowing of a shell trumpet 

 made from the large Cassis corimla. 



The conch-shell alscj ranges among the musical instru- 



■"'" I-;tlinot;raiihisclic Aljlt-iluni; dtr lUuiiliaiKllunf,' uml Diuckeici voi - 

 mal>, K. J. J'.rill, I^t-iden, 1897, p'- ii>- 



'" (iiippy, " Tlie .Solomon Island.'^, and lluir iiaiives,'' 1SS7. p. 14^. 



■■■' Lovell, ('/. tit., 1884. p. 195, quoting Tiirner'> " Polrnesia,'" and 

 Taylor's '• History of .Mankind," p. 128. See also (i. 'I'iirnei"> ''Samoa." 

 etc., 1884, Pp- 320-2 1. 



'•" ^fl■llt. Aiist. .Uiis.. iii., pi. 4, 1897. p. 29<). 



