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There are in the Museum no slings from Southern Pol3nesia 

 to compare with Ellis' account, but there are some from the Caro- 

 line Islands, of thickly braided coir, which are provided with a 

 large plain loop for the wrist, and not the running loop. 



3 /zeo 



7. MODEL OF SLING MADE OE OLONA FIBRE, WITH SLING-STONE. 



Going farther afield were found slings from the west coast of 

 New Britain, and the neighboring Siassi Islands, in which the 

 pocket is a fold, of palm leaf-sheath fibre, attached to twisted 

 or braided cords of other material. The held cord in each of the 



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