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;’=T RITES OF BIRTH AND INITIATION 269 among the Big Narnbas) of North Malekula is a Development, Degeneration, or simply a Derivation from the group of the ‘Devouring-monster’ type of ceremonies as founD in German New Guinea} Perhaps, of course, it is wiser to leave it unexplaineD, anD not to attempt to give a. reason.â€ù 1 Cf, A. B. Deacon, “The Kakihan Society of Ceram anD New Guinea Initiation Cults ": Folk-Lore, xxxvi 1925, pp. 332-361. 1