FOOD, DRINK AND DELICACIES. 



were immediately ready to tackle a second sago-meal of similar proportions, how some even 



gathered round the porridge pot for a third time. During the meal no d r i n k is taken, a 



peculiarity which also struck PFEIL [1899, 41] in the Bismarck Archipelago, generally however, 



they rinse their mouths after the meal. The Papuan from Humboldt Bay to the Amberno 



River does not know any kind of stimulating drink. He best likes the milk from the cocoa- 



nut and ordinary river or 



well water and fortuna- 



tely has no liking for our 



fermented liquor or spi- 



rits. Water -buckets 



made out of the broad 



bract of the wild pinang, 



folded (N°. 93, PL III, fig. 



18) are often used in thèse 



parts in order to carry 



the water from the brooks 



to the houses. At Sâgei- 



sara such a tray stood, 



turned upside down, on 



the grave (fig. 168) of a 



child, as it appeared to 



me, not only with the 



object to prevent the 



accumulation of the rain 



Fig- 3- Papuans of H o r n a. 



water. It was evidently intended to remain there. 



When the Papuans who were accompanying us, saw a pièce of such a bract, lying 

 in the forest, they eagerly seized it and purposely took it with them to their houses, a sure 

 proof that this material was duly prized for the purpose. In K. W. Land thèse buckets are 

 also used, folded in exactly the same way, and sometimes only fastened with a thorn ; they 

 can be seen on the photo of the village of Serr, by Meyer and PARKINSON [1900, PI. 7]. 

 According to MACGREGOR [1897, 71], they consist of folded sheaths of the sago leaf. 

 Inside the houses the water is poured out into big earthenware pots ; those of Tobâdi must 

 be pretty large and in shape resemble the pots foi drinking water of Surué, of which De 

 CLERCQ (De CLERCQ and SCHMELTZ [1893, 61]) collected a fine spécimen, glazed by rubbing 

 rosin over the surface, after heating the pot. In Kwatisoré, as well as in other parts of 

 Geelvink Bay, a large cal a bas h (N°. 94, PI. III, fig. 1) is used as a réservoir for drinking 

 water; the spécimen in the collection has a capacity of 12 Litres and is evidently very pre- 

 cious, as proved by the repairs which hâve been made with some sticky material (BlRO 

 [1901,61] talks of a kind of pitch) and rattan. I doubt whether the thirsty person brings this 

 calabash directly to the mouth, as in the case of the cocoa-nut shell without a handle 

 of Angadi (N°. 95) and of the same article with a handle (N°. 96 — 98). The last are also 

 used occasionally in the préparation of food, not for the purpose of stirring it up, but only 

 to scoop up water, sometimes also in order to drink out of them, therefore as a drinking cup 



