ILLUSTRATIONS 



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The village plate — Fiji 3 



A root of Yanggona from which the intoxicating drink of the Fiji Islanders is made. ... 3 



Vanilla plant and bean 4 



Drying vanilla — Fiji 4 



A Fij ian in festival dress 5 



A Fijian in Sunday dress — Fiji 5 



Infant head-binding to make the head conical — New Hebrides 6 



Malekula warrior — New Hebrides 8 



The women's dance 9 



Dancing and singing 9 



Bringing out the mummy from the "Hamal" 10 



Typical idols in a New Hebrides village n 



A notorious cannibal — New Hebrides J2 



Poisoned arrows 12 



In the yam fields — New Hebrides 13 



Shooting fish — New Hebrides 14 



Tannese scar-tattooing — New Hebrides 15 



Looking out for trouble 16 



The allies coming in 16 



Bushmen coming to see a white child 19 



Fashions in Erromanga — New Hebrides 19 



The Salton Sea and the Salt Creek trestle 21 



Reno reservoir, tower No. 2 22 



The five towers used in the evaporation experiments, Reno reservoir 25 



Scenes near Reno, and the experimental towers 27 



Obtaining salt at Caldera, Costa Rica 29 



Provided with wooden spades, the peones gather the salted earth into long, narrow heaps. 30 



The heaps thus made and the low water at the distance 30 



Collecting the salted earth 31 



Filtering out the salt 32 



Vaporizing the salt solution 33 



Weathering the salt 34 



Practice drill with a small kite 35 



Views of the aerodrome shed in which the giant man-lifting kite, the Cygnet, is housed. . 36 



View, of the aerodrome shed 37 



The Cygnet placed on board the raft 37 



Members of the Aerial Experiment Association 38 



Front view of the Cygnet, showing the manhole in the center 39 



Another view of the giant "Cygnet" 40 



Towing the giant kite, preparatory to sending it aloft 41 



Views of the kite in the air 42 



Another view of the kite aloft 43 



Views of Cygnet in air 44 



After the descent — floating on the water, waiting to be picked up 45 



Picking up the Cygnet 46 



The Cygnet safely lifted on to its raft 46 



End view of the Cygnet 47 



The manhole 47 



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