384 NEW GUINEA. 



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 Finsch's com- 



STONE BLADED CHOPPER AND STONE HEADED HAMMER IN USE AT HUM- 

 BOLDT BAY, ALSO A LARGER VIEW OF THE STONE HAMMER-HEAD REMOVED 

 FROM ITS SOCKET. 



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

 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 



