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The children danced a long, rather slow-moving dance called 
the Menarie, imported fro the Kei Islands (off the New Guinea 
coast . ) 
Noesa In? means "Mother Island", and is used for Ceram. 
There are two explanations of the origin of the name. One is 
that Ceram is the big island, and Ambon, Saparoea, Hproekoe, 
end Noesalaoet, small nearby islands pre her children. Mother 
is that the sago grown in Ceram feeds the peoples of all these 
islands, and hence Ceram is mother to «iem all. 
Kole-kole is a small native canoe, and the song was a long 
one, accompanied by a gentle rocking back and forth of the 
children's bodies. Many of the verses were rather naughty, 
judging from the roars of laughter that went up from the ex 
Some of them were of farewell to the one setting out to sea, 
some of them were love songs, some of them were appeals to us 
not to forget them when we were far away. Many of the verses 
were impromptu, made up by the school teacher as they went along, 
and hence not so effective in chorus xnii as the children in_ 
the front row could not hear just what was being suggested m 
the back row. W^:0ISM^9& ■ €?l:"-'l;: ! fp: : mg^iSM. 
The school teacher, a spare, solemn native, stood most 
of the time in front, directing both song and dpnce with a 
Dutch flag for a baton, or keeping time on a native drum. 
Drums and bamboo flutes furnished the accompaniment. 
We did not get many pictures of the performance, which 
fell a little flat after the exuberance of yesterday* s Chakalele, 
because the afternoon rain made an early start impossible, and 
the sun was setting before they were half through. -Ram fell 
occasionally even while the dance was actually going on. 
Pfter the dance we all went over to the Controller* s for 
cold drinks and ice cream. What a wonderful thing a kerosene- 
run Frigidaire is in this country! 
The Makian was anchored off shore all evening. We went 
down on the pier to meet the boat, found two of the officers whom 
we had known before, and had a pleasant visit with them. lhe 
lights of the steamer, blazing away all night out m the harbor, 
gave a sophisticated touch to the otherwise primitive landscape. 
May 2 - Pi roe 
This is our last day in Ceram, and we are preparing to 
pack up with not a little regret. We have 24 cages of birds and 
animals, and how they are all going to be stowed away on the 
little government steamer Noesa Ina, nobody knows, although the 
native captain says it can be done easily. 
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At breakfast Williams got/discussing the clever manner m 
which the women change sarongs, and asked if it would be proper 
to reouest permission to photograph it. Accordingly a very pretty 
picture was arranged for him - six or eight young women bathing 
in a small nearby pool. They wear their sarongs into the water, 
spash water over themselves and each other, with a good deal 01 
merriment. Then they step out onto the bank, pick up the dry 
sarong, slip it over their head, and as it is rolled about their 
