790 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION F, 
I have now given this short sketch of some of the incidents and 
experiences in the life of my friend, but it is impossible to give 
in the time allowed for this paper all the life history of a man 
who lived as long as he did, and I can only hope that at some 
future time I may be able to complete this very imperfect sketch. 
No. 8.—_THE DISAPPEARANCE OF NATIVE RACES IN 
GENERAL, AND OF THE FIJIANS IN PARTICULAR. 
By H. H. Turse. 
(Read Monday, January 10, 1898.) 
No. 9.—NOTES OF A RECENT JOURNEY TO NEW 
GUINEA AND NEW BRITAIN. 
By the Rev. Gro. Brown, D.D., Sydney. 
(Read Monday, January 10, 1898.) 
Tue visit of which I purpose giving a short account was begun 
in May last and extended to the middle of September. The 
course followed was from Sydney to Port Moresby in New Guinea, 
thence to Samarai, the Engineer Group, the De Boyne Group, the 
d’Entrecasteaux Group, the Trobriands Group, New Britain, 
Duke of York, and New Ireland. I sailed from Sydney as far as 
Samarai, in New Guinea, in the ss. ‘ Titus,” and from there 
voyaged either in open boats or in a small 14-ton ketch until we 
reached Cooktown on the return voyage. 
During the period of my journey I saw a good deal of the 
natives, and had also the advantage of constant intercourse with 
the missionaries, and also with the Samoan, Fijian, and Tongan 
teachers who are resident amongst them. Most of my informa- 
tion as regards the habits and opinions of the New Guinea peoples 
was obtained from the Revs. W. E. Bromilow and 8. B. Fellows. 
New Guinea and its inhabitants have been so often described 
that it is not necessary to dwell at any length upon them. The 
country presents the usual features of high mountainous land in 
the tropics, whilst the people, who are members of the great 
Papuan family, are in somewhat different stages of culture, from 
the naked savages of the western portion to the more civilised 
races who inhabit the south-eastern groups of islands and the ex- 
treme east of the mainland. 
