nest-collecting

Updated: February 25, 2026

This signified that there was a native burial ground close by, and all the canoes were stopped, the scullers putting their paddles down, while the Hadji and all his men proceeded to wash their faces in the river. This they did to ensure success in their nest-collecting.

H. Wilfrid Walker - Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines