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National Geographic : 1919 Feb
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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE THE SARAWAK VARIANT OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN GIRL'S PESTLE AND MORTAR FOR GRINDING CORN A girl stands at each end of the trough, giving alternate blows into the depression in the center. Each keeps one foot in the trough and frequently, with a rapid motion, the grain (which is rice in this part of the world) is pushed back to the center. rooms, my companion and I being enter tained in the room of one of the more prosperous members of the community, where we seated ourselves on the floor about a great variety of refreshments served by the daughters of the house. We had not been long seated when a young man entered, and greeting another guest with good wishes for his health and happiness, held toward him with both hands a young chicken. The other, recip rocating the expressions of friendship, 114
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