Note 74 — Chapter V · CULTIVATION—FOOD, ETC.

I came upon some bushmen from the interior of Bougainville, who, although they were staying some time at a village on the coast of Fauro, would not eat fish; and I learned from the Fauro natives that the Bougainville bushmen abstained from fish, even when they were able to get it.

[75] “Kai-kai” is a term for “food”: but, like “tambu,” it has been introduced by traders.