180 LIEUTENANT C. B. YULE. 



weapons were observed to be bows and arrows and 

 wooden sword-like clubs.* 



In the following" year^ a further addition to the 

 survey of the south-east coast of New Guinea was 

 made by Lieut. C. B. Yule^ while in command of 

 H.M. schooners Bramble and Castlereag-h. This 

 survey was commenced at Cape Possession^ and 

 continued to the westward and northward as far as 

 Cape Blackwood^ where the Fly's work ended^ a 

 distance equal to two degrees of longitudcf Many 

 larg-e river mouths were observed^ the fresh water on 

 one occasion extendino- two or three miles out to 

 sea. The countr}- had ceased to present the low 

 monotonous appearance shewn to the westward^ and 

 had become more broken with wooded hills^ and on 

 the extreme east, rano-es of lofty mountains were 

 seen in the distance \ one of these (Mount Yule) 

 attains an elevation of 10^046 feet. Landing* was 

 attempted only once^ on which occasion the whole 

 party^ — their two boats having* been capsized in the 

 surf, and their ammunition destroyed^ — were set upon 

 by a larg'e body of natives and plundered of ever}"- 

 thing*^ even to their clothes^ but not otherwise 

 injured^ althoug'h completel}^ at the mercy of these 

 savao-es. 



In company with the Bramble we sailed from 



* Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, com- 

 manded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R.N. by J. B. Jukes, 

 Naturalist to the Expedition, vol. i. p. 282, &c. 



t See Admiralty Chart, No. 1914. 



