HEAD HUNTING IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.
Tribal wars and head hunting; continue at Malayta, in the Solomon Group. Letters received by the brigantine Borough Belle, which arrived at Sydney on the 16th insb. give accounts of raids mado by the bush tribes on those of the coast, in which women and children figure as the principal victims. Though the natives endeavour as far as they can to concoal the facb, yet it is certain that both head hunting and cannibal feasts 'are practised to a fearful extent. A trader's letter received says that the smell of roasted human flesh is not by any means a remarkable occurrence in Malayta. After a recent battle between the coastal natives and the " men o' bush," the bones of ten human beings were left on the ground, where there had evidently been a high carnival. The savagery of these people appears to be quite exceptional. It was at this island that the craw of a labour Tessel was recently reported to have been butchered and the vessel burnt. The latter tragedy has since been denied.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 174, 25 July 1893, Page 5
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181HEAD HUNTING IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 174, 25 July 1893, Page 5
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