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PORT OLRY AND A “SING-SING” III

admixture. The race here is very strong, coarse-
featured and lives in the simplest way, without any
industries, and is the primitive population in the
New Hebrides.

A few details as to personal appearance may be
of interest. Among the ornaments used are very
large combs, decorated with pigs’ tails. Pigs’ tails
also are stuck into the hair and ears. The hair is
worn very long, rolled into little curls and plentifully
oiled. A most peculiar deformation is applied to the
nose and results in extreme ugliness: the septum is
perforated, and instead of merely inserting a stick, a
springy spiral is used, which presses the nose upward
-and forward, so that in time it develops into an
immense, shapeless lump, as if numberless wasps had
stung it. It takes a long time to get used to this
sight, especially as the nose is made still more con—
spicuous by being painted with a bright red stripe on
its point, and two black ones on each side. A more
attractive ornament are flowers, which the men stick
into their hair, where they are very effective on the
dark background. In the lobes of the ears they wear
spirals of tortoise—shell or thin ornaments of bone;
the men often paint their faces with a mixture of soot
and grease, generally the upper half of the forehead,
the lower part of the cheeks and the back of the
nose. The women and children prefer the red juice
of a fruit, with which they paint their faces in all sorts
of mysterious designs.

The dress of the men consists of a large belt,
purposely worn very low so as to show the beautiful