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430 MALEKULA
grade names are the same as those from Seniang. They run as
follows :—
(1) Nahzwan Vinbamp. (9) Numbau Vimmesur.
(2) Nimbatin ngeni. (10) Nambar.
(3 Sesmnmiiir. (11) Numbou Timbamp.
(45 Numbou ai Mbamp. (12) Niw'r'at.
(5 Nimbangk Mesinn. (13) Nimbatin Hamel.
(6) Nasamp. (14) Nui Hugh.
(7) Mlmilemiew. (15) Numlzim Hamel}
(8) Naainggnl.
It seems very probable that the order in which these are
arranged is not that in which they are entered, but is more or
less haphazard (as is indicated by the position of Mbrvllmdew).
It will be noticed that there is no mention of the Nalawan
Nimbiuilei either as a single grade or as a group of allied grades.
Indeed, the only “Nalawnn of the Gongs " in Seniang which
are recorded here are Numbou ai Mbamp and Ni'v1‘r‘al, which as
we have already seen, presented in Seniang features which
distinguished them from other Nizlawrm Nimlrwilzi. The close
similarity between many of the grade names make it indisputable
that the Nalauuzn of this region and eastwards as far as Port
Sandwich is essentially the same as the Nalawzm of Seniang and
Wilen-ip.
Turning to the northern neighbours of Seniang, we ï¬Ånd that
i.n Mewun also the Nalawan exists. Here, however, two distinct
sets oi grades should probably be recognized. Many years ago
the people of this district adopted in part the system of grades
and grade-names recognized in Seniang and on the south coast.
But before this there were apparently only two grades N ulau/an
A-was, called after a variety of croton, and Nulau/an Nu‘ Tildhf
also called Nalnwan Ambar, which were entered in this order.‘
The meaning of the word nmbar is "blind â€ù, and it is said that
1 Allflï¬Åher list oi Sullï¬Åll coast Nalau/an gr-Mia, whiï¬Åh may Perhaps hive
been collected from a diflerent informant, arranges them in a drflerent Order‘
Leaving out of BCUO.l'lC N. 1/Mimi», which ii iVuWeClly 3 special grade, oie
order down to Mhrfllmdaw is the same; than come Numbau Ttmbarflf, Nivii/at,
Lelmgvahl, Ninibalin flunmti, Nui /llgh, Numbim naamsl, Nmiiggiiz, Ind
Numbma Vaflmasim It is interesting that in this List L.aI.mg1/a'a! is included mnd
the grade called Nambar, which is Iohlbly Bl abbreviated VG'!iOI1 01 the $2nifl.1g
Nun! Nnmbur. is omitted_—C. W.
‘I Nri Tildli i5 the word used in a generalized way for all varieties Of Crotcin,
comparable ca the Mai limbu of Seniang.
' In 9. letter about U10 Nalaimn cl Mewun, Deacon says that there were
originally three grades, N. Nzi Tildh, N. Amds, and N. Ambur. The Other notes
make it almost Certain, however, that N. Ambnr is an alternative name for
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