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airou. It is somewhat shovel-shaped, and equally heavy, and with it 
they can cleave a man down. 
The toka is the name of another club, of a somewhat peculiar shape, 
being bent near the extremity, and having a large knob full of small 
points, with a single larger point projecting from it. This appears to 
be more for show than use. ; 
TOKA. ULA. 
The ula is a short club, used as a missile: it is about eighteen inches 
long; the handle is small, and at the end is a natural knot. The size 
of the end is as large as an eighteen-pound ball. Our sailors gave this 
the name of Handy Billy, and it is almost incredible with what ac- 
curacy and force the natives can throw this weapon. 
The long club is usually carried by the natives over the shoulder, 
which, on meeting another, is at once lowered to the ground. They 
are never to be found without the ula, which is usually stuck in the 
girdle behind. 
Their bows and arrows are by no means good. The former are 
made of the pendent roots of the mangrove; the latter of the wild 
sugar-cane, with pieces of hard wood inserted, that have been charred: 
they are too light to do much harm. 
There are many of these clubs, spears, and arrows deposited in the 
mbure, which are held in great veneration. Some of these, that they 
say belong to the spirit, it is not easy to buy from them. If a price is 
offered for one, they generally answer, that it belongs to the spirit, and 
cannot be sold. In hopes of a higher price, however, and not allowing 
the purchaser to escape, they usually offer to consult the spirit. For 
this purpose they take up any thing that it may be convenient to con- 
sider the spirit to dwell in, and then name the spirit’s price for it. 
This is generally twice as much as they are willing to take, and after 
several consultations the first offer is accepted. 
Besides the general occupations of war and agriculture, and the 
barbers we have mentioned as attending on the chiefs, the men carry 
burdens, and build houses and canoes. In the construction of these 
they employ persons who are by profession carpenters, and who are 
held in great estimation. 
Their houses differ from those of the other groups, although they are 
constructed of similar materials. The frame and sills are made of the 
cocoa-nut and tree-fern; they have two doorways, on opposite sides, 
