THE ARTS OF THE CLUB. ie 
reason of the frequency of metathesis. An extremely sage Samoan 
who had listened to the speech of Rotuma was in a state of bewilder- 
ment until he caught the clue to this metathesis; his comment was: 
“Why does the man speak backward?” In the region of myth con- 
firmation is particularly strong, for Rotuma agrees with Samoa in 
many details of events which are not known to other Polynesians. 
The lacunz in the museum collection of the clubs of Nuclear Poly- 
nesia are far slighter than those in similar collections. They fall under 
two heads: lacunz of provenience and lacune of type. ‘There is here 
but one club from Niué, none at all from Futuna and Uvea. This 
is commonly the case with all museums. Niué has set such a forbid- 
ding face to all intercourse with strangers that the articles of its 
material culture have very rarely passed into alien possession. Futuna 
and Uvea were early drained of their culture objects by the French 
mission priests, who have firmly established themselves there in a far- 
reaching system of education. The French museums contain all these 
objects and they are quite rare elsewhere, except for the fortune which 
gave the museum in Sydney, Australia, a small but well-chosen collec- 
tion. Only one of the types of these clubs of Nuclear Polynesia is 
lacking to the museum collection—the very interesting horned club or 
nifo‘oti. ‘Through the courtesy of Miss H. Newell Wardle, curator, it 
has been possible to include in this dissertation notes upon two imple- 
ments of this type which are in the possession of the Academy of 
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; from the same source we are enabled 
to enrich the notes upon the mushroom club or fa‘alautaliga, of which 
the museum possesses one excellent piece, by notes and photographs of 
the academy’s brilliant example. ‘Through this kindness it has been 
possible to discuss this theme in its entirety upon material all of which 
is accessible in Philadelphia. 
In plates I-III will be found a series of pictures exemplifying all of 
the Nuclear Polynesian types except the uzfo‘otz, an omission which is 
made good later in the work in connection with the discussion of that 
type. It will serve an end of convenience to list here the distinctive 
designations which have been assigned to the several types. 
SOT REIS are CN 4 ES A Plate II, f. 
Wisse Clie: 248 liens’ Pilate Jy.a.D,.¢ 
Serrated club........... Ti d,'e; f hipped clap asks. fs. 23 Tit or hes, 
Mushroom club......... Ig Mace elabiie’. Ale. ae 2S: ilija bse, 2. 
Crescent club ta. 24i66 4% I,h Palavalty chia ae: ae III, d, e, 
Mee CHI er es asec ays: Coconut-stalk club...... Bets) 
Rootstock club.:...:.... Tit bac: Paddle clutyees oie. oe. PECK 
Pandamus club......... livd Carinated club....0....... Lih/m: 
AXE-Dit Clotie os oo, t: II,e Dio OUs Sibert deo a 103s IV, 6. 
Savage weapons though they be, these clubs are an early chapter 
in the history of all war, in the history of every war; two hands hold 
each club, the hand that makes and the hand that wields, the muni- 
tion worker and the man at the front. We must familiarize ourselves 
