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as to require very little caulking. Every plank is cut 
out of the tree with an axe, each tree producing two 
only. In this manner craft of all sizes are made, from 
the smallest canoe to schooners of 150 tons, the latter 
being brought for sale to Banda and other places, or 
acquired by Bugis traders for the Aru trade and pearl¬ 
fishing. All the tools necessary for the work are con¬ 
structed by native blacksmiths, who are almost without 
exception from the island of Teor, some 80 miles north¬ 
west of the group. 
There is little trade in Ke excepting in timber; the 
most important tree is a species of ironwood. Marinda 
citrifolia gives a yellow dye from its bast, of which 
80 to 100 tons are annually exported. The fauna of the 
group is hardly known, but appears to be of Papuan type, 
and one of the small tree kangaroos (. Dendrolagus ) is 
found. 
