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THE religion of the Manus people which is to be described here in general outline is a
system that has not its equal in the primitive world now known in its adaptability to real social
uses, and few if any peers in the civilized world. It draws on much of the supernatural content
that is common to man everywhere, but its peculiar design is entirely its own. The Manus are
fishermen and overseas traders of the Admiralty Islands. They live in houses on piles built
out from land in lagoons about the east, south-east, and south of the Admiralty Archipelago …