Chapter II: Part III: The New Hebrides

XIV • Islands that are advancing rapidly—Native houses with modern improvements—A horrible method of getting rid of the old men, and other burial ceremonies • 143

XV • Ancestor worship the religion of the New Hebrides—Temples and strange figures, and some sacred dances • 153

XVI • Concerning witchcraft—More about burials—The gentle art of making love—The rain-makers • 163

XVII • Native clothing and ornaments—Their arts and industries, their canoes and weapons, and their way of fishing • 172

XVIII • The cultivation of copra—The labour traffic when slavery really existed, and the traffic in natives of to-day • 183

XIX • A short sketch of the missionary work in the South Seas—Concerning John Williams, James Chalmers, and others • 193

SKETCH MAP OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS • 204

INDEX • 205

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Off to the Dubu Dance—British New Guinea • _Frontispiece_

2. By Reef and Palm • 6

3. Off to Market, British New Guinea • 14

4. Motu Village from the Sea • 18

5. The Island of Elevera from the Mission Station, Port Moresby, British New Guinea • 20

6. Tree House in British New Guinea • 22

7. Motu Village, Port Moresby, British New Guinea • 24

8. In the Pile Dwellings at Hanuabada, Port Moresby, British New Guinea • 26

9. Native of British New Guinea, showing the manner of wearing the hair • 30

10. A New Guinea Dandy • 32

11. Woman with Baby in bag. Fairfax Island, British New Guinea • 34

12. Dinner Time at Kwato, British New Guinea • 36

13. A Kaivakuku, Roro Tribe, Central Division, British New Guinea • 48

14. Harvest Dance, New Guinea • 50

15. Ready for the Dubu Dance • 52

16. The Dubu at Rigo, British New Guinea • 54

17. Tattooing, British New Guinea. • 56

18. Large Trading Canoes, British New Guinea • 58

19. Old Women making Pottery, British New Guinea • 60

20. Spearing Fish, British New Guinea • 62

21. Marine Village, Tupusuli, British New Guinea • 64

22. Natives of the New Hebrides having a drink • 66

23. Gold Miners leaving a trading ship, British New Guinea • 72

24. Johnnie Pratt with his Ivory Nuts at Simbo, Solomon Islands • 74

25. Solomon Island Boy climbing after green cocoa-nuts, near Gavutu, New Florida • 80

26. Solomon Island Village, near Marau Sound, New Florida • 84

27. Early Morning, Gavutu, Solomon Islands • 86

28. Old Ingova’s War Canoe House, Rubiana Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands • 90

29. On the Fringe of a primæval Forest, Solomon Islands • 92

30. Portrait of a Solomon Island Cannibal • 94

31. Sacred Skull Shrines, British Solomon Islands • 96

32. Ingova’s Head-hunters, British Solomon Islands • 98

33. A Canoe showing the “Totoishu,” New Georgia, Solomon Islands • 100

34. A Lagoon in New Florida, Solomon Islands • 102

35. Native of New Georgia wearing Sunshade; a sort of crownless hat made of grasses: it can be worn at any angle • 104

36. A Rubiana Native, Solomon Islands • 106

37. A Stormy Day in Rubiana Lagoon, Solomon Islands • 108

38. Cooking the Meal, British New Guinea • 110

39. The Reef near Simbo, Solomon Islands • 114

40. Native Archer shooting Fish, British Solomon Islands • 116

41. Searching for small Octopi on the Reef at low tide, Samari, British New Guinea • 118

42. The Home of the Crocodile, British Solomon Islands • 122

43. A Shrine or Tomb of a Chief at Simbo, Solomon Islands • 126

44. Solomon Islander playing the “Ivivu” or Flute • 130

45. A Tapu Virgin, British Solomon Islands • 136

46. Beneath a Banyan Tree, Malekula Island, New Hebrides • 142

47. The Rapids, Williams River, Island of Eromanga, New Hebrides • 144

48. Mount Marion, the active Volcano, Island of Ambryn, New Hebrides • 146

49. A Village in Santo, New Hebrides • 148

50. Chief’s House, Ambryn, New Hebrides • 150

51. The “M’aki” Ground and the Jaws of the sacred Pigs, New Hebrides • 154

52. A Memorial Effigy, Malekula, New Hebrides • 156

53. Drum Grove at Mele, New Hebrides • 158

54. Leaving Santo, a View of the Mountains, New Hebrides • 162

55. A Sacred Man, Aoba, New Hebrides • 164

56. The Stone “Demits,” or the Souls, with their attendant wooden figures, Malekula Island, New Hebrides • 168

57. Old Cannibal Chief whom the Artist met on the Island of Aoba, New Hebrides • 172

58. Type of Man from the Island of Tanna, New Hebrides • 174

59. Finishing off a Canoe, British New Guinea • 176

60. Old War Canoes, near Malekula, New Hebrides • 178

61. Havannah Harbour, Rathmoy, New Hebrides • 180

62. Passing the Reef, Aoba, New Hebrides • 182

63. The Island of Samari, British New Guinea • 184

64. A Trader receiving Cocoa-nuts, Aoba, New Hebrides • 186

65. Copra Boys off to the Shore, New Hebrides • 188

66. The “Blackbirders” in the Solomon Islands • 190

67. A Yam Shed on the Island of Tierra Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides • 192

68. The Artist’s Guide on Malekula, New Hebrides • 196

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