Page:Williams and Calvert, Fiji and the Fijians, New York, 1860.djvu/83

 IXDU5TEIAL PEODUCE, ETC. 59 The Tariety of spears is xerj great, and shows the best specimens of na- tive carving, many of the fine open patterns being beautifiilly 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 also made on the same principle for the same purpose. With the artisans employed in the above manufactures may be classed those who make pillows — ^fillets of iron-wood supported on two