CHAPTER XII

VISITS TO VARIOUS WESTERN ISLANDS

Our party breaks up. SAIBAI: Clan groupings—Vaccination marks turned to a new use—Triple-crowned coconut palm—A two-storied native house. TUT: Notes of a former visit—Brief description of the old initiation ceremonies—Relics of the past. YAM: A Totem shrine. NAGIR: The decoration of Magau’s skull “old-time fashion”—Divinatory skulls—The sawfish magical dance—Pictographs in Kiriri. MURALUG: Visit to Prince of Wales Island in 1888—A family party—War-dance _Page_ 170-189