P. 47, The reputed destruction of this sacred object most 

 certainly cannot be described as a " trifling thing," and to 

 my knowledge the memory of more trifling events is 

 retained for over twenty years. 



P. 49, Daudai or Dudi is tlie name given to the country 

 immediately west of the mouth of the Ply River, thus the 

 statement " Now we know there is no place called Dow-dai 

 to the N.W." of Darnley [gland is incorrect. It was to be 

 expected that Mr. Collingridge has not found the name 

 De How-di or De Owdi among the shipmates of de Vega. 

 I believe I am right in stating that there is no such term 

 as "Oo-ber-re tobacco " in this district; tobacco is called 

 sokob in the eastern islands, sukuba in the western and in 

 Daudai, and the Motu of Port Moresby call it kuku. lam 

 at a loss to understand what Mr. Hargrave means by Coo- 

 ber-re tobacco, I do not know of auy place of that name 

 which "bears N.W. from Port Moresby," nor of a place 

 called Oo-ber-re that " bears north from Mar-wot-ter " 

 Mawatta). 



P. 50, Suspension bridges are known in various places 

 in British Papua, for example on the Vanapa River in the 

 Central District. " No Torres Straits natives boil and bend 

 tortoise-shell to the shapes they want "; as a matter of 

 fact they are clever manipulators of turtle-shell, as anyone 

 is perfectly aware who is acquainted with the numerous 

 turtle-shell masks in various museums. The interpretation 

 of the turtle-shell image figured by Jukes 1 is very far- 

 fetched. The image is well within the capabilities of the 

 Torres Straits islanders. The fillet of the wig (it certainly 

 is not a " helmet ") .worn by the image is decorated with a 

 pattern, which is indicated very conventionally owing to 

 the small scale of the illustration, and I do not think the 

 original was ornamented with scrolls, as that is an orna- 



1 Voyage of the Fly, I, p. 193. 



