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and include Government Officials, Store-keepers, traders, and 

 others o£ various callings. At this place what is known as 

 the '' South-east Season " generally extends from May to 

 November, and during that period a continuous wind prevails, 

 clearing the town of mosquitoes and lowering the tempera- 

 ture, which reads in the mean about 79°. During the 

 remainder of the year the '' North-west Season " prevails, 

 with a temperature increasing to about 81°, and mosquitoes 

 become very troublesome. The mean monthly rainfall is 

 about 2 25 inches. 



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Map of part of Papua Yisitecl by Mr. Ilorsbrugh. 



Having definitely decided on our route and completed our 

 purchases of stores, we embarked with our two attendants 

 and Stalker's retriever pup on the ' Lotus,' a schooner of 

 about 25 tons. We landed on Yule Island on the fifth day, 

 after a monotonous passage, which should have occupied 

 only two days had we not been becalmed and experienced 

 contrary wands. The headquarters of the Roman Catholic 

 Mission are situated at the southern end of Yule Island, the 



