NEW GUINEA. 



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The awkwardness of its method of mounting is at once felt on 

 trying to drive a nail with it. 



STONE BLADED CHOPPER AND STONE HEADED HAMMER IN USE AT HUMBOLDT BAT, ALSO A LARGER 

 VIEW OF THE STONE HAMMER-HEAD REMOVED FROM ITS SOCKET. 



The ethnographical details of the people of Humboldt Bay 

 are, thanks to the investigations of the Dutch commission of 

 the ship " Etna," better known than those of most savages. I 

 extract the following account of the houses from Einsch's com- 

 piled account of New Guinea. It is derived from the 'Etna' 1 



Expedition : 



The houses rest on piles which rise three feet above the surface 

 of the water, and are connected with one another by bridges. The 

 walls of each house are not higher than three feet, but the 



