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No. 3. Fig. 2. Bag No. 4. Fig. 3. Bag. No. 6. 54 Village of Salube and
Surrounding Country. 55 Village of Seluku, with Chiefs Emone at End
and Remains of Broken-down Burial Platform in Middle. 56 Village of
Amalala, with Chiefs Emone at End.. 57 Village of Amalala (looking in
other direction), with Secondary Emone at End. 58 Village of Malala,
with Secondary Emone at End and Ordinary Grave and Burial Platform
of Chief's Child in Right Foreground. 59 Village of Uvande, with
Chief's Emone at End. 60 Village of Biave, with Chief's Emone at End
and Burial Platform of Chief's Child in Middle. 61 Chief's Emone in
Village of Amalala. 62 Chief's Emone in Village of Malala. 63 House
in Village of Malala. 64 House in Village of Levo, with Child's
Excrement Receptacle to Left. 65 Suspension Bridge over St. Joseph
River. 66 Bridge over Aduala River. 67 Scene at Big Feast in Village
of Amalala. 68 Row of Killed Pigs at Big Feast at Village of Amalala.
69 Scene at Village of Seluku during Preparations for Big Feast. 70
Scene at Big Feast at Village of Seluku. 71 Young Girl Ornamented for
Perineal Band Ceremony. 72 Feast at Perineal Band Ceremony. 73 Figs,
1, 2, and 3. Points of War Spears. Fig. 4. Point of War-Arrow. Fig. 5.
Point of Bird-Shooting Arrow. 74 Fig. 1. Bow. Fig. 2. Shield (outside).
Fig. 3. Shield (inside). 75 Fig. 1. Club (pineapple type of head). Fig. 2.
Club (disc type of head). Fig. 3. Drum. Fig. 4. Adze. 76 Fishing Weir.
77 Planting Yams in Garden. 78 Collecting Sweet Potatoes in Garden.
79 Hammering Bark Cloth. 80 The Ine Pandanus. 81 Mafulu Network.
82 Funeral Feast (not of Chief). Guests assembled to commence Dance

down Village Enclosure. 83 The same Funeral Feast. Guest Chief
Dancing down Village Enclosure. 84 Platform Grave of Chief's Child
at Back. Ordinary Grave in Front. 85 Group of Platform Graves of
Chiefs and their Relations. 86 Platform Grave of a Chief's Child. 87, 88
The Gabe Fig Tree, in which Chiefs' Burial Boxes are placed and
which is Generally Believed to be Haunted by Spirits. 89 The Remains
of a Chiefs Burial Platform which has collapsed, and beneath which his
Skull and some of his Bones are interred Underground. 90 An Emone
to which are hung the Skulls and some of the Bones from Chiefs' Burial
Platforms which have Collapsed. 91 A House with Receptacle for
Child's Excrement.
Map.

ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT
1. Leg band making (commencing stage) 2. Ancient Mortar 3.
Illustrative Diagram of a Mafulu Community of Villages 4. Diagram of
Front of Emone (Front Hood of Roof and Front Platform and Portions
of Front Timbers omitted, so as to show Interior) 5. Diagram of
Transverse Section across Centre of Emone 6. Diagrammatic Sketch of
Apse-like Projection of Roof of Emone and Platform Arrangements 7.
Diagram Illustrating Positions of People during Performance at Big
Feast 8. Mafulu Net Making (1st Line of Network) 9. Mafulu Net
Making (2nd, 3rd, and 4th Lines of Network) 10. Mafulu Net Making
(5th Line of Network, to which Rest of Net is similar in Stitch)

INTRODUCTION
By Dr. A.C. Haddon
It is a great pleasure to me to introduce Mr. Williamson's book to the
notice of ethnologists and the general public, as I am convinced that it
will be read with interest and profit.

Perhaps I may be permitted in this place to make a few personal
remarks. Mr. Williamson was formerly a solicitor, and always had a
great longing to see something of savage life, but it was not till about
four years ago that he saw his way to attempting the realisation of this
desire by an expedition to Melanesia. He made my acquaintance in the
summer of 1908, and seeing that he was so keenly interested, I lent him
a number of books and all my MS. notes on Melanesia; by the help of
these and by the study of other books he gained a good knowledge of
the ethnology of that area. In November, 1908, he started for Oceania
for the first time and reached Fiji, from which place he had intended to
start on his expedition. Circumstances over which he had no control,
however, prevented the carrying out of his original programme; so he
went to Sydney, and there arranged modified plans. He was on the
point of executing these, when he was again frustrated by a telegram
from England which necessitated his immediate return. It was a sad
blow to him to have his long-cherished schemes thus thwarted and
rendered abortive, but, undaunted, he set about to plan another
expedition. Accordingly, in January, 1910, he once more set sail for
Australia as a starting place for the Solomon Islands