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86 PAP UA A~D ITS PEOPLE.
and th e crocodile. . Th ey vary this diet with such
delicacies 118 rats, frogs, snakes, turtles' eggs, and
caterpillars. Th ey drink
water , and the milk
of th e cocoa-nut.
5. Their mode of
ploughing or digging
is very simple. Eight
or ten natives, each
with It sharp-pointed
stake, stand close togeth
er in It row. At
a given signal th ey
drive these stakes into
th e ground to the proper
depth, and then
use th em as levers to
turn over It strip of
the soil. So regularly
is the work done, th at
It patch of ground
brok en up in this
mann er looks 118 if
it had been ploughed.
PAPUANS. They get abundant
crops of the plants already mentioned, together with
Indian corn, tobacco, and sugar-cane, and these they
must frequ ently protect from th e wild boar and the
kangaroo by a strong fence.
6. Th eir temples are used for social as well as for
religious purposes. Th e older men assemble in them
for eating, talking, and smoking; and in them visitors
and strangers are hospitably entertained. They are