Tlie Folk-Tales of ihe Kmai Papuans. 63 



THE FIREWOOD WHICH AT NIGHT CHANGED INTO A MAN. 



496. A log ot Hrev\'ood l_\'ing on the shelf över a fireplace at night changea into a man 

 and had connection with a woman in the house. At davvn the man again becanie firewood. The 

 husband of the outraged woman eut the firewood into pièces, and blood flowed out of it. 



D THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST WHITE MEN. 



THE PROCLAMATION OF THE BRITISH PROTECTORATE ; D'ALBERTI'S JOURNEY (497). 



AN EARLY VISIT OF PEARLING BOATS TO MAWATA (498). 



N:o 1. 



