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Beche do mer English was the product of conditions and circumstances. Function precedes organ; and the need for a universal Melanesian lingo preceded beche de mer English. Beche de mer was purely fortuitous, but it was fortuitous in the deterministic way. Also, from the fact that out of the need the lingo arose, beche de mer English is a splendid argument for the Esperanto enthusiasts.

In short, communal culture is so habitual with many Aryan, Ural-Altayan, Mongolian, Negro, Red Indian, Malayan, and Melanesian stems that we must consider it as a universal though not as the only possible form of primitive agriculture. Communal cultivation does not, however, imply by necessity communal consumption.

Thirteen, indeed, slept on board, and the next morning sixty canoes surrounded the vessel, and some hundred and sixty came on deck at once; but they brought only one pig and a few yams, and refused to fetch more, saying it was too far a considerable inconvenience, considering the necessity of providing the Melanesian passengers with vegetable food.

From no less than eight islands have we for the first time received, young people for our school here, and fifty-one Melanesian men, women, and young lads are now with us, gathered from twenty-four islands, exclusive of the islands so long- known to us of the Loyalty Group.

+626+. In various places, outside of the Polynesian area, we find terms that bear a more or less close resemblance in signification to taboo. Melanesian tambu is that which has a sacred character.

Ward, the Melanesian missionary, whom Phyllis keeps a room for when he comes to New Zealand to recruit. 'The man who was convicted of murder on circumstantial evidence! Oh yes. I heard of him. I believe the labour-traffic agents heartily wish him at Portland still, he makes the natives so much too sharp.

Sheldon shrugged his shoulders, and retorted, "Yes, like the North American Indian, who was a far nobler type than the Melanesian. The world is only so large, you know, and it is filling up " "And the unfit must perish?" "Precisely so. The unfit must perish." In the morning Joan was roused by a great row and hullabaloo.

I think that our commissariat expenditure will soon be very small, and we ought to have an export before long. 'Two things seem to be pretty clear: that there is no lack of capacity in the Melanesian, and no probability of any large supply of English teachers and clergymen, even if it were desirable to work the Mission with foreign rather than native clergymen.

They are black and, like the African negroes, have black, kinky hair. They are far superior to the native Australians. Many of the tribes are good farmers, and cultivate crops of sago, maize, and tobacco. On the coasts there are good boat-builders and sailors. The greater part of the Melanesian tribes is hostile and blood-thirsty; head-hunting is a common practice.

Nobbs continued to attend him, and the treatment was approved afterwards by the physicians consulted. All the clergy took their part in nursing, and the Melanesian youths in turn watched him day and night. He did not leave his room till the beginning of April, and then was only equal to the exertion of preparing two lads for Baptism and a few more for Confirmation.