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ia various tasteful ways, Tlic oiids of a necklace are ofiuti 

 attached to the earrings, and then looped on to tlic hair- 

 knot behind. This has really an elegant app<^aranco, the 

 beaJ5 hanging gracefully on each side of the head, and by 

 estabhsliiiig a connexion with the earrings give an appear- 

 ance of utility to those barbarous ornaments. We reconr- 

 mend tliis style to the consideration of those of the fiiir snx 

 who still bore holes in their ears and hang rings thereto. 

 Another style of necklace among these Papuan belles ia to 

 Wear two, each hanging on one side of the neck and under 

 the opposite arm, so as to cross each other. This lias a 

 very pretty appearance, in part due to the contrast of the 

 white beavts or kangaroo teeth of which they are composed 

 with the dark glossy skin. The earrings themselves are 

 fiirmed of a bar of copper or silver, t\\'isted so that the 

 ends cross. The men, as usual among savages, adorn 

 themselves more than the women. They wear necklaces, 

 earnings, and finger rings, and delight in a band of plaited 

 grass tight round the arm just below the shoulder, to 

 which they attach a bunch of hair or bright coloured 

 feathers by way of ornament The teeth of small 

 animals, either alone, or alternately with black or white 

 beads, form their necklaces, and sometimes bracelets also. 

 For these latter, however, they prefer brass wire, or the 

 black, horny, wing-spines of tlie cassowary, wiiich they 

 consider a charm. Anklets of brass or shell, and tight 

 plaited garters below the knee, complete their ordinary 

 decorations. 



Some natives of Kobror from further south, and who 

 are reckoned the worst and least civilized of the Aru 

 tribes, came one day to visit ns. They have a rather 

 more than usually savage appearance, owing to the greater 

 amount of ornaments they use — the most conspicuous 

 being a large horseshoe-shaped condi which they wear 

 over the forehead, tlie ends resting on the temples. Tiie 

 back of the comb is fastened into a piece of wood, which 

 is plated with tin in front, and above is attached a plume 

 of feathers htmi a cock's tail. In otlier respects they 

 scarcely differed from the people I was living witk They 

 brought me a couple of birds, some sliells and insects, 

 showing that the report of the white man and his doings 



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