XIII • What “hope” is to the Solomon islander—The use of the evil eye • 134 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