In an interesting account of the Drummond Islendswarriors, 
the Kingsmill C 29, he says “however singular the bBody- 
dress is, that of the head is still more so: it ¢onsists of 
the skin of the porcupine-fish, cut open at the 
stretched sufficiently large to admit the head of a man. It 
is perfectly round, with the tail sticking upwards, and the 
two fins acting as a covering and guard for the ears: 
colour is perfectly white, and by its toughness 
affords protection against the native weapons." 
are also barbed with sherk's teeth. "Great 
are also taken in weirs, or enclosures of stone, 
made in the extensive corai flats, that are left bare by every 
tide: into these the fish are driven at high water, by a 
number of natives, who surround the shoal; the weir is then 
closed, and left until t) Ge falls, when the 
gl } 
@Sily taken in scoopsnets. Large seins are often 
places where the bottom renders it practicable to 
