. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. NATIVES OF NEW GUINEA. now use iron axes, having learned from the Malaj^s to forge iron. In their forgres they make use of very peculiar bellows, as shown Iron-worKlii&rin our illustration (p. 001), setting up two large bamboo tubes, and producing a draught by means of pistons, while the draught is communicated to the fire by smaller tubes below. 900 THE INHABITANTS OF OCEANI
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. NATIVES OF NEW GUINEA. now use iron axes, having learned from the Malaj^s to forge iron. In their forgres they make use of very peculiar bellows, as shown Iron-worKlii&rin our illustration (p. 001), setting up two large bamboo tubes, and producing a draught by means of pistons, while the draught is communicated to the fire by smaller tubes below. 900 THE INHABITANTS OF Frahus. ThePapuansof thecoastmakecanoes orp r a h u sfromthirty tosixty feetlong, from a single tree-trunk, often elaborately carved,and with a plank as a figure-head, bearing bunches offeathers and sometimes skulls as trophies. Sometimes cabins are erectedin the middle, and mat sails fixed on movable masts. A largeboat may have as many as thirty rowers, who stand upright,using long hollowed paddles. Outriggers diminish the danger of up-setting. There are also many light canoes, and all the coast and riverPapuans are expert swimmers. They have developed very little tradingfaculty, and such trade as is done is in the hands of Malays and buy birds and birds nests, tortoise shells, and mother-of-pearl shells,giving in exchange various kinds of cloth, brass wire, chopping knives,and arrack, a calamitous drink to the natives. Slavery by war andkidnapping exists to a considerable extent among these people, as wellas a regular slave trade. Marriage is a matter of contract, the p
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