First came the men, five "dancers" and the "orchestra". The latter were armed with a small wooden drum and bamboo beaters of various lengths. The dancers were bare to the waist, black lavalavas, handkerchiefs about necks, leaves on the arms, and black about the eyes. Their shoulders glistened with coconut oil. The singing was nearly entirely monotone, accompanied by the tapping on the drum and the thumping of the bamboo cyllinders on the mat floor. The dancers sat crosslegged, at first with their backs to the audience. The first part of the dance consisted of singing only. Then this was accompanied by movements of the head, arms, shoulders, fingers, feet, and trunk, all in unison and remaining crosslegged. As the dance progressed they turned side- ways, with the left side to the audience and finally faced us. The movements were graceful and "snappy." More and more movements were added until after half a dozen songs they were making complicated combinations, beautifully executed in unison. For a small village the dance was splendidly executed. Then came the girls. The men dancers retired, the "orchestra" remain- ing. These girls were eight in number beautifully "dolled up" with head dresses of roses, ferns, yasi blossoms, colored fiber ribbons, and necklaces of strung flowers, peppers, fruits, etc. Their backs were bare to the waist; black lavalavas; breasts covered with wreaths, flowers and colored cloths. The sing- ing was in harmony with the men; some in monotone with a two or three note range at the end or a beautiful half note slur; some as a regular tune. They too, began with their backs to the audience, turning sideways and finally full face as the dance progressed. Their cheeks were decorated with red or black splotches. Most of the songs were "introduced" by an alto (leader?) singing a few phrases, after which both men and girls joined in in harmony. We stayed until 11:30, but the dance continued until daylight, the girls giving one song and the boys of our crew giving one in return. The natural inclination toward duck dancing and practice from childhood up, makes nearlyevery native an adept. Although made up of Niui, Samoan, Fiji and Tonga boys the