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With the left hand the antagonist takes hold of the 

 descending portion of the chavat in the back, while with 

 the right he grasps the encircling chavat in front. They 

 wrestled with much earnestness but no anger. When the 

 game was continued the following morning the young 

 men presented a sorry spectacle. Rain had fallen during 

 the night, and the vanquished generally landed heavily 

 on their backs in the mud-holes, the wrestlers joining 

 in the general laugh at their expense. To encourage 

 them I had promised every victor twenty cents, which 

 added much to the interest. 



Having concluded their task of feeding the antohs the 

 blians climbed down the ladder and began a march in 

 single file round the dangei hut, each carrying one of the 

 implements of daily life: a spear, a small parang, an axe, 

 an empty rattan bag in which the bamboos are enclosed 

 when the woman fetches water, or in which vegetables, 

 etc., are conveyed, and another bag of the same material 

 suitable for transporting babi. Four of the women car- 

 ried the small knife which is woman's special instrument, 

 though also employed by the men. When the eight blians 

 on this, the eighth day, had marched sixteen times around 

 the dangei they ascended the ladder again. Shortly 

 aftenvard a man standing on the gallery pushed over the 

 flimsy place of worship — a signal that the end of the 

 feast had come. On the previous day a few visitors had 

 departed and others left daily. 



The feast had brought together from other parts about 

 200 Oma-Sulings and Long-Glats. The women of both 

 tribes showed strikingly fine manners, especially those be- 



