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Photograph by Junius B. Wood 



eisherwomen haul the seine in truk : Caroline islands 



They advance in a long line, holding the big nets in each hand, and thus form a wall as 

 they drive the fish into shallow water. Daily practice has taught them the proper moment to 

 wheel into a circle and land their catch. 



Photograph from Junius B. Wood 



A GROUP OF NATIVE MEN OP WOLA, A SETTLEMENT ON THE ISLAND OE TRUK 



The natives pierce the lobes of their ears and load them with such heavy weights that 

 they expand to enormous proportions. The hill tribes of Truk are darker in color than the 

 people of the coast, who are of light reddish-brown hue. 



