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THE GBUISE OF THE 'fJUEACJOA. 



wood gradually increasing in size, are inserted in it, until this 

 part of tlie ear is stretched to so preposterous a size as to 

 admit a disk of 3i inches diameter, and i to | of an incli in 



thickness/ 



Tlieir nose ornaments 

 are made sometimes of 

 mother of pearl, and 

 take the forms of these 

 represented in this wood- 

 cut. 



After some barter with 

 them we went ashore in 

 the long boat, the Bishop 

 taking the lead in his 

 whale boat. Our boat 

 could not get into the 

 narrow channel through 

 which tlie Bishop easily 

 passed, but by tvuniing 

 a little to the risjht as 

 advised, we finally found 

 a place in which we 

 could conveniently land. 

 There the Bishop ex- 

 pressed some apprehen- 

 sions respecting the disposition of the people near us, of 



' I bad one of this kind taken from the ear of Sasara, a native of 

 Guadalcanal', one of this group ; also one of pale-coloured wood 



aiOTHER OF PEARL KOSE ORNAMENTS. 



