Being interested in survival generally, I started looking at being able to survive on a desert island, ie, somewhere beautiful in the South Pacific.  It has now become my dream to live on a small island somewhere, maybe in Samoa, grow Taro and Elephant ear root and Yams, and fish with a dugout canoe, no money, no worries, just me and nature.  And coconuts.  Anyway, in my internet searchings, I was looking at Guam, and I discovered that the use of the sling was and in some areas still is encouraged, and practised.  Incidentally, I found the image at the home of this website, the slingstone with the sling.  Apparently it is in the Guam museum.  This is all a bit of a round-a-bout way of saying; does anyone know how widespread use  of the sling was and is in the south Pacific, from Melanesia to Polynesia?

I just found one reference, in "Brief History of the Sling", saying that it is still popular in the mediterranean and south Pacific.  No real details, though.  Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.  Pointers?

Wow, really?  Do they carve them out of rock or something, because they don't look like clay?  Nice, neat, glan-type shape.

I was just looking at Guam, not really considering it as a place to live.  I looked at Fiji, and it does sound very nice.  And there are plenty of uninhabited atolls and islands.  Low population density too.  I was also looking at Samoa, but it seems a bit small and crowded, really.  I like the look of Vanuatu also, because it is a traditional place, plenty of islands and atolls, and the language, Bislama, is a pidgin, and so very easy.
  Yeah, I think they are the same thing actually.