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that these people had never previously seen any 
white men. They are, as I remarked before, very 
fond of using paint as a means of personal adorn- 
ment ; black, red, and white being their favourite 
colours, with which they also paint their canoes, door- 
posts, weapons, wooden bowls, and idols. There was 
not the least indication of any advance made towards 
civilisation ; yet, with all this, they show a certain 
amount of intellectual development and feeling for 
art, decorating their canoes, houses, weapons, and 
almost every domestic utensil, with elaborate carving 
and painting. In all our researches and wanderings 
over the islands we saw no signs of graves, nor could 
we ascertain with any degree of certainty how they 
disposed of their dead. From signs they made, such 
Description of Illustrations facing this page. 
Figs. 1, 2. Obsidian pointed spears (Admiralty Islands). 
Fig. 3. Hair ornament (Admiralty islands). 
Figs. 4, 5, 6. Ornaments of shell and tortoise shell worn on 'the forehead 
(Admiralty Islands). 
Fig. 7. Musical instrument (Admiralty Islands). 
Figs. 8, 9. Fish hooks made of shell (Admiralty Islands). 
Fig. 10. Bone ornaments worn through the septum of the nose (New Guinea). 
Fig. 11. Knife made of obsidian (Admiralty Islands). 
Fig. 12. Plaited grass belt (Admiralty Islands). 
Figs. 13, 14. Armlets of plaited grass (Admiralty Islands). 
Figs. 15, 16. Plaited grass anklets (Admiralty Islands). 
Fig. 17. Shell bracelet (Admiralty Islands). 
Fig. 18. Nose ornament made from dog and cuscus teeth (Admiralty Islands). 
Figs. 19, 20. Combs (Admiralty Islands). 
Fig. 21. Necklace of dogs’ teeth (Admiralty Islands). 
Figs. 22, 24, 25. Necklaces of bone, shell, and berries (New Guinea). 
Fig. 23. Comb (New Guinea). 
Fig. 26. Head of stone hatchet (New Guinea). 
Fig. 27. Shell, full-dress of a man (Admiralty Islands). 
Fig. 28. Bone nose ornament (Admiralty Islands). 
Fig. 29. Shell adze (Admiralty Islands). 
Fig. 30, 32. Chinam holders (Admiralty Islands). 
Fig. 31. Grass bag (Admiralty Islands). 
Fig. 33. Ornaments of human bone and cassowary feathers (Admiralty Bland;.) 
Fig. 34. Waist-belt made of small shells (Admiralty Islands!. 
