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'r1»n~: NIMANGKI AND NELEMEW 375
M balmbal, and with these we may include Naambkon and Ambkon,
since the sufï¬Åxes -ileo and -kon have the same signiï¬Åcance;
similarly we may include Merembah and Akar, though the full
name and title in Seniang are Tortor Meremba and Al-car Meremba.
Other grades have the same name but a different title : Nimew,
Nimwiil, Nevalvel, Meleim Sumbumn, and Amal lamp; while
others again carry the title used in Seniang but have different
names, as for instance, Niminggi Sz)'m with the title Barangbie,
Tarlmggor iru with the title Telmbwir and Nimbilmb lemwemzi
with the title Meleun, while Amas, the title here given for Nimew,
is probably the same as the Seniang Ambas, the title for Tartar
Nimew. It will be noticed that among these grades there are
some of those which are believed to have been introduced into
the south from Lambumbu. It is also interesting that, with the
exception of Nimew, which is here placed ï¬Åfth in the series, and
of M balmbal, which immediately succeeds instead of preceding
Neldwis, the order in which the grades are taken corresponds to
that most generally accepted at South-West Bay. There are
only two grades of which neither the name nor the title can be
parallelled in Seniang. These are Arewian and Nate Tambap,
and even of these it is very probable that Nete Tambnp is
equivalent to the Seniang Tambap whose title is Mbalias.
Arewiam is important, for on entering this the candidate purchases
a penis sheath for the ï¬Årst and perhaps the only time. As in
Seniang, membership of the ï¬Årst two grades, Naambkon and
Arewiam, is obtained from the mother’s brother or the mother's
father. The grade called N euat at Worvulu probably corresponds
more closely with N evet N ambar than with the N wet of Seniang,
for it is divided into a number of sub-grades. On entering the
ï¬Årst of these the candidate sets up one monolith near the gongs ;
when he enters the second another stone is erected; for the
third grade a third stone is planted in a line with the ï¬Årst two,
and so it continues, a fresh stone being added to the line at each
Neva»! ceremony which the candidate performs.
Unfortunately nothing could be learned of the Nimangki in
Tomman Island. All the people of this place are now extinct
with the exception of one man who was residing in Seniang at
the time of Deacon's visit. From further east in the Maskelyne
Islands, Deacon himself did not obtain any information, but
fortunatelysomething of the Nimzmgki there has been recorded