. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. uated series of silver or of gold lor-lora or rings, which in the case of the menis often so heavy as to break away thecartilage. The patterns of these ear orna-ments are exceedingly chaste, especiallythose carved out of bone, of ivory andebony combined, or of the tooth of the rareand highly-prized dugong (Halieore). Both sexes tatoo a few simple devices,circles, stars and pointed crosses, on the breast, on the brow, onthe cheek, and on the wrists; and scar, with the utmost equani-m
. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. uated series of silver or of gold lor-lora or rings, which in the case of the menis often so heavy as to break away thecartilage. The patterns of these ear orna-ments are exceedingly chaste, especiallythose carved out of bone, of ivory andebony combined, or of the tooth of the rareand highly-prized dugong (Halieore). Both sexes tatoo a few simple devices,circles, stars and pointed crosses, on the breast, on the brow, onthe cheek, and on the wrists; and scar, with the utmost equani-mity, their arms and shoulders with red hot stones in imitationof small-pox marks, as a charm that will ward off, they think,that disease. I did not, however, see any one variola-marked,nor could I learn of an epidemic of the disease having appearedamong them. As it was considered by the women a mark ofbeauty to have filed teeth, some of them had only a narrowrim left protruding from their gums. The men spend a life of savage indolence or indulgence,the women alone are always busily occupied. In the morning,. 314 A NATURALISTS WANDERINGS after arranging their hair, the men remove from the palm-trees, invariably to the chanting of a song of invocation, thebamboos with the tuak collected in them over night, and trimthe stem for running during the day to supply their eveninglibations. Than when ascending the trees the Tenimber athlete,his fautless form against the sky, and his brown skin andgolden hair in contrast with the grey stem of the tree, nevershows to greater advantage. The chief meal of the day lasts from about eight oclock tillnearly noon, and consists of boiled Indian corn meal, mixedwith mashed manioc and peas, along with fish—hunted for alongthe shore with bow and arrow, or by scattering on the waterrice steeped in an infusion of a poisonous vine—and a very greatdeal of palm wine, fresh drawn as well as distilled. The mealis partaken of in considerable companies to
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