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196 MALEKULA
(5 Lim maviis. A pig in which the tooth is seen projecting.
(6; Lim mberembsr. A pig in which the tooth projects rather
farther than it does in the previous grade.
(7) Lim sim. A pig in which the curved tusk pierces the skin.
(8) Nimbuah tamiisian. A pig whose tusk has entered the jaw bone.
(9) Naarugh. A pig whose tusk has passed through the jaw bone
and entered the mouth.
(10) N imbuah remiam 1/aam. A pig in which the tusk is beginning to
. project for the second time.
(11) Lip mamis mam. A pig in which the tusk is clearly seen pro-
jecting for the second time.

’ ' grown‘ of pig Growth of Tusk

FIG. 9. Graph illustrating the increasing value of pigs according to their size
in the early stages of their growth, and later according to the development of
their tusk-curvature. .
For a man or woman to take s0meone’s pig without leave is
regarded as stealing, even though he or she be a member of the
same clan as the ovsmer, and takes the pig only as a temporary
loan with every intention of returning it. But pigs are very
freely lent and borrowed, and there are very clearly determined
rules which regulate such transactions. If a man borrow a pig,
he must at some later date retum to the man who made. him
the loan, not a beast equal in value and size to that which was