Les Fidji et les Fidjiens . têtes plates, en contraste avec les Fidjiens smart craft beaucoup comme acoal barge avec un yacht clipper. Le todisuse togiaki a été condamné sans délai, et est maintenant considéré plus juste entre les îles de Tonga. Notthe moindre changement a été faite dans le modèle ainsi adoptés, andwhich a maintenant été utilisé pendant plus d'un siècle par leurs meilleurs marins.Une autre branche de fabrication fidjien est vu dans leur variousweapons, dont il a déjà été fait. La plupart des clubsare faites à la Chambre, mais pas tous. L'uae loa se conserve comme itcomes à partir de la forêt, et un côté de la waka est

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Fiji and the Fijians . flat ends, contrasted with the smart Fijian craft much as acoal barge with a clipper yacht. The togiaki was forthwith doomed todisuse, and is now seen no more among the fair isles of Tonga. Notthe slightest change has been made in the model thus adopted, andwhich has now been used for more than a century by their best seamen.Another branch of Fijian manufacture is seen in their variousweapons, to which reference has already been made. Most of the clubsare made in the house, but not all. The kau loa is preserved just as itcomes from the woods, and one side of the waka is formed while thetree is growing, and requires attention for several months. The madaand the dromu are young trees, torn up by the roots, which are cut offnearly close, so as to form a knotty mace. Others are the result ofdays and weeks of patient toil. The handles of some, and the entire sur-face of others, are covered with fine and elaborate carving; a few are in-laid with ivory and shell. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCE, ETC. 59. The variety of spears is very great, and shows the best specimens of na-tive carving, many of the fine open patterns being beautifully executed. The bows, which are about seven feet long, are made from the pen-dent shoots of the mangrove. When the arrows are for killing fish, they have several points, with the barbs cut inwards. A spear is alsomade on the same principle for the same purpose. With the artisans employed in the above manufactures may beclassed those who make pillows—fillets of iron-wood supported on two

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