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reprisals; and so, putting aside the breach of hospi- and while the corporal seemed hardly the type to carry 



tality, the offence committed by my corporal and the a stripe, I thought him trustworthy. 



other two boys was the most serious one that could be Ulem arrived in the evening and reported having 



committed. Indeed, that a loss of life — I feel sure parted company with Peter. This was two days after 



Peter will turn up — did not result is exceedingly for- they left Kohu, so I feel sure Peter is all right. Ellis 



tunate ; and the loss of my gear may be regarded, on 



the whole, as a mild reprisal for such a crime. It is 



very unlucky that I had no other interpreter, for I 



feel sure that had Sarawai been able to talk to me, he 



would have told me what had happened, and I could 



coming 



over the 



too frightened of the divide a leech got on the old sore? and it has started 



has warned all the Luluai around, and the last place 

 Peter was seen is to be visited and an attempt made to 

 pick up his spoor. I expect we will find him turning 

 out my store room in Madang when we get there. 

 ., , , , . - r \ , 14th April. — Made Bogadiim. Jack's leg is pretty 



then have meted out summary justice. As it was my bad aml ^ ulcer on ankle is becoming bad again . 



only interpreter Kogi was one of the culprits, and the j had cured it Qn the Ramu, but, 

 carriers and other police were * ' 



corporal to tell me anything. My experience 

 natives everywhere has been that an attack on 

 ing parties is due in almost every case to some offence 

 on the part of the explorers against the code of the 

 people, and the commonest code broken is the moral 

 one. That I thought the attack on my camp was un- 

 provoked, was because the women of Kohu were never 

 seen, and there could, I thought, have been no trouble 

 of that sort. I never allowed any party of boys to go 

 out of camp without the N.C.O. and one police boy; 



among 

 explor- 



off again. 



Sent runner forward to send radios for spare 



I cannot get on 



wireless parts and microscope lenses, 

 without these. 



15th April. — Reached Madang, making the journey 

 by whale boat. No news of Peter. Jack's leg is worse; 

 so is mine. 



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Not a trace of Peter was found, though a Brareh of the mountains was carried 

 out for over a month. It is quiet impossible to do more than guess what happened 

 to him in that sparsely inhabited and very broken country. I was laid up for 

 six weeks with tropii-al ulcers, for which there appears to be no sound treatment 

 or certain cure. 



APPENDIX IV 



liotanical Name 



Gnetum gnemon affin. . . 



Podocarpus neriifoli us 

 Dacrydium elation, 



Dacrydium falciforme 

 Libocedrus papuana . . 

 Arancaria, Klinhii . . 



Phy llo clad us ft ypnp hyl- 

 lus 



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Freyeinetia, sp. 



Caryota, sp. 



A renga gracilica ulis 



Calyptroralyx, sp. 



Livistona, sp. 



Palmae indt. (311) 

 Palmae indt. (315) 

 I'm i tit a plat yc la da 

 Sarcocephalus (t>24) . . 

 ^arcocephalus cordatu* 

 Rubiaceae indt. ( 137) . . 



Quercus ps&udo mohtcco 



Celt/* phiHppinens%$ .. 



Celt is, sp. . . 

 Artocarpux, sp. 



Artocarpus incisa 

 Fir us, sp. . . 



r 



• t 



Ficus, sp 

 Fie us , sp 

 Ficus, sp 

 Ficus, sp 

 Ficus, sp 

 Ficus, sp 



(42) 



(34 1) 



(HI) 

 (189) 



(194) 



(603) 



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Antiaris toxica ria 

 Cypholophus pachy car- 

 pus 

 Laportea giyas 

 Pipturus incanus 

 Urticaceae indt. (75).. 

 Piso it it i Br a n o a fa 



Himantandra Belgrave- 

 a 1 1 a 



Cyalhocalyx, sp. 



Chisocheton Biroi 



Myristica, sp. (153) 



Myristica, sp. (43) 



Her nan dia p< I fata 



Cinnamomum, sp. (319) 

 Cinnamon i u m massoia 

 (592) 



Cinnamomwn massoia 



(57) 

 Cryptocarya, sp. (192) 

 Cryptocarya, sp. (79) . • 



Mot u 



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Kabo 



Kabo 



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Api-api 



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Binandele. 



Gen da 

 R a sara 



Anderi 



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■ ■ 



• 9 



( Jug uma 



■ 

 rrv 



I iga 



Dandike 



Hobaba 



Hanuma 



Oga ( 1 i 



ft ft 



ft ft 



• ft 



Niningi 



Behoro 



Au-u-jo 



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Gurega 



Kesa 



13 a ra 



Kuyuyu 



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Pausa 



Mongua 



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NATIVE NAMES OF TREES. 





Vailala 



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Suku. 



Doro 



Hera Kaika 



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Aporo 

 Kurabea 

 Apu-me-here 

 Poioro 



Di-hi-hu 



Doporo 



Pepoia 



Ha-adi 

 Boru (05) 



Durarabo 



Koredapu 

 (290) 



He war a 



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Boa 



Kua 



Bokene 

 Baraida 

 K i r a bu 



I'ai-isa 





" 



Tu-a 



Ungoruna. 



Kabaul 



Yalu. 



Yabini. 





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Rassu 



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Ogeramnayn 



Suffitz 



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Sabi 



Koroba 



Wai-am-a- 

 hasi 

 Namoa (94) 

 Menaia 

 Sekeri 

 Iowa (97) 



Mohu 



Neseki 



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• V 



ft ft 



• ft 



• ft 



Kuve 



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Kwara 



Kerea 



« « 



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Belitzi 



Olong 

 Kumtsu 



Dede 







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• a 



Aruntimf 



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Got-sot 



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Koroki 



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Mougong(603) 

 Nom 



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« » 



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Asi 



i ru 



Toko bio 



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Otzob 



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Boiso (573) 



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E mbalema 



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Woro 



Musa 



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Aputz 

 Woutu 





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Ma us 



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