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sort of shade was made of a fine matting on the forehead, 

 lield in its place by fitting tightly ronnd the head. A 

 great number of them wear also necklaces of dogs' teeth 

 and human teeth strung on string. I could never get them 

 to part with one of them for any of my w^ares. The Commo- 

 dore offered two muskets for one but could not get it ; fortu- 

 nately the Bishop got him a very line one and two small 

 ones. These people seem to have more ingenuity than I 

 have seen elsewhere in tliese islands. It is noteworthy what 

 a variety of materials, what a diversity of designs exhibiting 

 a remarkable combination of taste and skill, characterise 

 the workmanship of their personal and other ornaments. 

 Shells of various descriptions, cowrie shells, clam shells, 

 mitre shells, a kind of land shell, the Helix ti'icolor, the 

 Bulimus, mother of pearl shells, seeds, bamboo and woods 

 of different kinds, birds' bones, boars' tusks, sharks' teeth, 

 porpoise teeth, human teeth, and dogs' teeth ; plaited cocoa- 

 nut fibre or sinnet, banana and pandanus leaves, grasses, 

 feathers of birds, as of cockatoos and parrots. All these 

 materials, ingeniously wrought into different patterns, enter 

 more or less into their necklaces, armlets, ear and nose 

 ornaments, knee ornaments, waist belts, bracelets, &c. The 

 necklaces are most varied in their designs, some of them 

 being composed of boars' tusks burnt into several pieces, 

 with tortoise-shell figures in the centre i-epresenting birds ; 

 others of beautifully made rings of black and white shell 

 work, occasionally of black lings made of a kind of seed 

 mixed with red and Avhite shell work, or shell work of 

 different colours, with Iiuman teeth as pendants ; some of 



