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The Natives of Mailu: Preliminary Results of the 

 Robert Mono Research Work in British New 

 Guinea. 



By B. Malinowski, Ph.D., Cracow, 

 Robert Mond Travelling Student in the University of London. 



(Communicated by Dr. Stirling, C.M.G., F.R.S.) 



[Read October 14, 1915.] 



Plates XXVI. to XLIII. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page 

 Preface ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 496 



Introduction. 

 Prof. Seligman's Classification of the Papiio-iVJelanesiarjs ; 

 the Mailu Problem — The Natives of Mailu, or Toulon 

 Island, and the Mailu - speaking Inhabitants of the 

 Mainland — The Ethnic Position of the Mailu ; their 

 Relation to the Motu-speaking Tribes ; Use of the 

 Motuan Language — Remarks on the Conditions of 

 Work and on the Methods of presenting the Material 497 



chapter i. 

 Geography. 



The Country of the Mailu; Rainfall; Rivers; Flora and 

 Fauna; Reefs; Quarries — The ViUages — The Neigh- 

 bours of the Mailu ... ... ... ... ... ... 503 



CHAPTER II. 



Sec. Social Divisions. 



1. The Tribe. General Remarks — The Mailu Tribe and the 



Relations between the Different Villages ... ... 509 



2. The Village Community. The Type of the Mailu 



Villages; Surroundings; Village Buildings — The Vil- 

 lage Community as a Social Unit ... ... ... 513 



3. The Duhu (Clan and Subclan). Description of the 



Clan, the Subclan, and their Relation; the Clubhouse 



— Sociological Character of the Clan and Subclan ... 517 



4. The Household and the Fotnily; Kinship. Household 



and Family — Houses and Housebuilding — Kinship ... 521 



CHAPTER III. 



Sec. Tribal Life. 



1. DaUy Life. Division of Daytime — Sleeping — Toilet, 



Dress, Cleanliness — Meals — Veveni Custom — Food : 

 Raw Materials and Preparation — Cooking ard Dishirg- 

 up — Sago Dishes and Coconut Cream — Narcotics ... 537 



2. Village Life. The Seasons and their Influence upon the 



Social Life of the Natives — Normal Life in the 

 Village 554 



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