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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo10amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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126 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL explored during' my four joiirnevs around and about the Society Islands. Over 100,000 specimens of snails have been obtained from Tahiti and the other five islands of the gronp —Moorea (see page 123), Raiatea, Tahaa, Huahine and Boral)ora. It was necessarv to make a com- plete survey, in order that there might be no unknown gaps. On account of the high and rugged ridges which separate the valleys, it is very rarely possible to cross inland from one valley to another. It was my habit, therefore, to travel with my group of native assistants
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TEVAITOA IN RAIATEA. ONE OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS A primitive village of the Society Islands around the coast l)y canoe or whaleboat, or sometimes by carriage and on horseback, and to live literally among the natives in their primitive and interesting villages like the one shown on this page. Naturally it was possible to learn much of these peojjle, their customs, their every day life and also their occasional ceremonies that the casual visitor to Pa- peete and similar large towns misses. A photograph is given on page 127 of one of their rare village fishing parties, undertaken in this case by the men of the entire district of Opoa in the Island of Raiatea. The abundant collections in hand give a perfect demonstration of

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