Note 262 — Chapter IV · MARKET DAYS
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James Chalmers, in Chalmers and Gill, Work and Adventure in New Guinea, London, 1885, pp. 40 sq. Compare M. Krieger, Neu-Guinea, Berlin, 1899, p. 335. Sir William MacGregor observes that the institution of the Sabbath, as a day of rest, “is not quite new to the Papuan, but ... the Papuan Sabbath of Keapara [Kerepunu] exceeds the Hebrew in dividing time into weeks of three days. The great majority of the tribes, however, do not seem to have a regular week, and work or rest capriciously” (British New Guinea, London, 1897, pp. 44 sq.). See above, p. 26 n.¹