Show I A Papuan Feast Westminster Gazette According to a recent visitor to the island of Papua the basis of exchange there is arrack or Java rum onehalf gallon of which is reckoned equal to one days work at fishing or rattan cutting No money is used When this nectar of the Papuan enters a home every occupation occupa-tion is dropped and the family devotes all its attention with enthusiastic energy en-ergy to its consumption Their efforts ef-forts never flag while the rum lasts or strength remains The resulting stupefaction stupe-faction lasts for days but on recovery the family cheerfully proceeds by persevering per-severing industry to acquire the means of procuring more Arrack we learn from the same authority is without a rival as the most villainous intoxicant knowyi and its only competitor in the affections of the Papuan is roast wild pig Together they are said to be to the Papuan simply irresistible lEI |