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mental device foreign to the islanders, in any case it is not 

 " Greek key scroll work," and how it could be imagined to 

 be " the knight's motto or name, probably DEVEGA" 

 passes my comprehension. The " Elizabethan period ruff " 

 is the ordinary fret-work which occurs on human-face and 

 animal masks from Torres Straits ami Daudai. "The 

 sword belt " is the common native belt, which is frequently 

 decorated with cowry shells. Jukes was a distinguished 

 geologist and naturalist and would not have called the 

 figure a boy if it had a moustache ; a careful inspection of 

 the original illustration leads one to the conclusion that a 

 crack in the turtle-shell has led to Mr. Hargrave's suppo- 

 sition that a moustache was intended. As for his state- 

 ment that "no Straits natives have that," I do not know 

 what to think, as the natives have naturally a great deal 

 of hair on the face, although it is customary now for the 

 younger men to shave in imitation of Europeans. In 1888 

 and again in 1898, I saw most of the natives in Torres 

 Straits, and I have photographic proof of the occurrence of 

 abundant hair on the face, besides my personal knowledge. 

 What Mr. Margrave regards as the end of a piece of bamboo 

 between the legs of the image is probably a conventional 

 representation of the groin-shield which was worn by 

 warriors when fighting and often when dancing. The 

 implied suggestion that "Mammoos" is derived from 

 "Mama," the " Peruvian for mother," is ridiculous. The 

 origin of the word has more than once been elucidated. 

 I hope that these remarks will assist in "straightening" 

 out Mr. Hargrave's theorisings. I leave Australian 

 ethnologists to deal with his interpretation of Australian 

 rock-markings. 



After the reading of Prof. Haddon's note, Mr. Hargrave 

 stated : — 



I sent Prof. Haddon a copy of another paper on the same 



subject, read December 1909. 1 The Council has not accepted 



l This Journal, xliii, p. 412. 



