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in various tasteful ways. The ends of a necklace are often 

 attached to the earrings, and then looped on to the hair- 

 knot behind. This has really an elegant appearance, the 

 beads hanging gracefully on each side of the head, and by 

 establishing a connexion with the earrings give an appear- 

 ance of utility to those barbarous ornaments. We recom- 

 mend this style to the consideration of those of the fair sex 

 who still bore holes in their ears and hang rings thereto. 

 Another style of necklace among these Papuan belles is to 

 wear two, each hanging on one side of the neck and under 

 the opposite arm, so as to cross each other. This has a 

 very pretty appearance, in part due to the contrast of the 

 white beads or kangaroo teeth of which they are composed 

 with the dark glossy skin. The earrings themselves are 

 formed of a bar of copper or silver, twisted so that the 

 ends cross. The men, as usual among savages, adorn 

 themselves more than the women. They wear necklaces, 

 earrings, and finger rings, and delight in a band of plaited 

 grass tight round the arm just below the shoulder, to 

 which they attach a bunch of hair or bright coloured 

 feathers by way of ornament. The teeth of small 

 animals, either alone, or alternately with black or white 

 beads, form their necklaces, and sometimes bracelets also. 

 For these latter, however, they prefer brass wire, or the 

 black, horny, wing-spines of the cassowary, which they 

 consider a charm. Anklets of biass or shell, and tight 



