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CHAPTER XIV 



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The Camp at the Wataikwa River — Malay Coolies — '■'■Amok''' — A 

 Double Murder — A Vieza of the Snoiv Mountains — Felling Trees 

 — Floods — Village washed Away —The IVettest Season — The 

 Effects of Floods — Beri-beri — Arrival of C. Grant — Departure 

 of W. Goodfellow 184 



CHAPTER XV 



Pygmies visit Pariinau—tD^scription of Tapiro Fyginies — Colour — 

 ffair — Clothing— Ornaments — Netted Bags — Flint Knives — Bone 



'^ Daggers — Sleeping Mats — Fire Stick— Method of making Fire — 

 Cultivation of Tobacco — Matiner of Smoking — Bows and Arrows 

 — Village of the Pygmies — Terraced Ground — Houses on Piles — 

 Village Headman — Our Efforts to see the Women— Language 

 and Voices — Their Intelligence — Counting— Their Geographical 

 Distribution 7| 19^ 



CHAPTER XVI 



Communication with Amboina and Mcrauke — Sail in the '■'Valk" 

 to the Utakwa River — Removal of the Dutch Expedition — Viczv 

 of Moufit Carstensz — Dugongs — Crowded Ship — Dayaks and Lire 

 Stock — Sea-Snakes — Excitable Convicts — The Islatid River — Its 

 Great Size — Another Dutch Expedition — Their Achievements — 

 Houses in the Trees — Large Village — Barn-like Houses — Naked 

 People— Shoofmg Lime— Their Skill in Paddling— Through the 

 Marianne Straits — An Extract from Carstensz — Merauke — 

 Trade in Copra — Botanic Station — The Mission— The Ke Island 

 Boat-builders — The Natives of Merauke described — Arrival of our 

 Third Batch of Coolies— The Feast of St. Nicholas— Return to 

 Mimika 209 



CHAPTER XVII 



Difficulty of Cross-country Travel— Expedition moves towards the 

 Moimtains — Arrival at the Roaka River — Changing Scenery — 

 The Impassable Iwaka—A Plucky Gurkha—Building a Bridge 



