[5] See Table in the Introduction ([p. 16]), and also Chapters [XVI] and [XX]. [↑]
[6] Cf. Professor C. G. Seligman, op. cit., Chapters XL and XLII. [↑]
[7] Professor C. G. Seligman, op. cit., Chapters XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVII. [↑]
[8] Cf. Professor C. G. Seligman, Chapters XXXVII and XXXVIII. [↑]
[9] My knowledge of the Dobuans is fragmentary, derived from three short visits in their district, from conversation with several Dobu natives whom I had in my service, and from frequent parallels and allusions about Dobuan customs, which are met when doing field-work among the Southern Trobrianders. There is a short, sketchy account of certain of their customs and beliefs by the Rev. W. E. Bromilow, first missionary in Dobu, which I have also consulted, in the records of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. [↑]
[10] Professor C. G. Seligman, op. cit., pp. 170 and 171; 187 and 188 about the Koita and Motu; and B. Malinowski, The Mailu, pp. 647–652. [↑]
[11] Comp. D. Jenness and A. Ballantyne, “The Northern d’Entrecasteaux,” Oxford, 1920, Chapter XII. [↑]
[12] I spent about a month in these islands, and found the natives surprisingly intractable and difficult to work with ethnographically. The Amphlett “boys” are renowned as good boat-hands, but in general they are not such capable and willing workers as the Dobuans. [↑]