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366: `New chum,' in opposition to `old chum. 128: Another species [of Trepang] is the `milk fish' or `cottonfish,' so called from its power of emitting a white viscidfluid from its skin, which clings to an object like shreds ofcotton. Rua, n. 39: This instrument, called a bommereng, is made of wood, and ismuch like the blade of a scimitar.

The water is then called for and graduallypoured in, a little at first, and then more, until the bowl isfull or t It has dark glossy foliageand handsome flowers, and is planted and cultivated in the formof tall garden hedges. 342: The spear is thrown by means of a wammera, which isa slight rod, about three feet long, having at one end a nicheto receive the end of a spear. Barry, `Up and Down,' p.