'Senet' on the hair, streaks of paint on the face, a dirty white handkerchief round the neck, strips of turtle shell in the ears, a belt, a sheath and knife, and an umbrella constitute the rig of returned Kanaka at home the day after landing." A hat, an umbrella, a belt, a neckerchief.

Otherwise stark naked.

All in a day the hard-earned "civilization" has melted away to this.

And even these perishable things must presently go.

Indeed, there is but a single detail of his civilization that can be depended on to stay by him: according to the missionary, he has learned to swear.