. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. FRENCH MELANESIA. 345 so many clans, so many nations, now allies now enemies, and all speaking different dialects, though of a common stock language. Nevertheless, the tribes are usually grouped during hostilities in the two confederacies of the Ots and Wawaps. Each group is constituted under a monar- chical form, with a chief whose person is sacred, and to whom all owe not only deference, but also forced labour for the plantations, structures, fisheries, and transport of provisions. In the native villages, the chief's house is at once Fi^. 148.—N
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. FRENCH MELANESIA. 345 so many clans, so many nations, now allies now enemies, and all speaking different dialects, though of a common stock language. Nevertheless, the tribes are usually grouped during hostilities in the two confederacies of the Ots and Wawaps. Each group is constituted under a monar- chical form, with a chief whose person is sacred, and to whom all owe not only deference, but also forced labour for the plantations, structures, fisheries, and transport of provisions. In the native villages, the chief's house is at once Fi^. 148.—New Caledonian recognised by its size and its pointed cone terminating in little wisps of straw and a few tilUts, or bark banderols. The dwelling of a great chief is still more ornamented, for the chief is the " sun " of his tribe, and at his death the luminary is said to have " ; He is bound to summon the council of elders on all serious occasions, such as judicial inquiries and sentences, proclamations of war or peace, the organisation of the pih(-pi7u, or national festivities and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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