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THE SARAWAK VARIANT OE THE AMERICAN INDIAN GlRl/S PESTEE AND MORTAR FOR 



GRINDING CORN 



A girl stands at each end of the trough, giving alternate blows into the depression in the 

 center. Each keeps one foot in the trough and frequently, with a rapid motion, the grain 

 (which is rice in this part of the world) is pushed back to the center. 



rooms, my companion and I being enter- 

 tained in the room of one of the more 

 prosperous members of the community, 

 where we seated ourselves on the floor 

 about a great variety of refreshments 

 served by the daughters of the house. 



We had not been long seated when a 

 young man entered, and greeting another 

 guest with good wishes for his health and 

 happiness, held toward him with both 

 hands a young chicken. The other, recip- 

 rocating the expressions of friendship, 



