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this attitude they hop around the house, singing and making grimaces, and 
generally end by falling down in a heap. There is still another resource 
which these aboriginal merry-andrews draw upon, and that is to call nick- 
names. ‘Thus Captain George was called by the name O-ku-dik-noam (he 
who prays to the rocks). They generally bring into these nicknames some 
humorous allusion to an idiosynerasy, which produces much merriment. 
These performers are not professionals, and no stated admission-fee is 
charged, but the audience are expected to give them presents—shell-money, 
painted arrows, ear-ornaments, etc. 
