CONTENTS 



CHAPTER V 



Arrival of our Amhoiiese— Coolie Considerations — Canoes of the 

 Natives — Making Canoes — Prclitninary Exploration of the 

 Mimika— Variable Tides— Completing the Camp— A Plague of 

 Flies— Also of Crickets— Making '' Atap''— Trading with the 

 Natives— Trade Goods 5° 



CHAPTER VI 



Difficulties of Food— Coolies' Rations— Choice of Provisions— Trans- 

 portifig Supplies up the Mimika — Description of the River — A 

 Day's Work— Monotonous Sce?iery— Crowned Pigeons— Birds of 

 Paradise aiid Others — Snakes, Bees, and other Creatures — Rapids 

 ajid Clear Water— The Seasons— Wind— Rain— Thunderstorms 

 —Halleys Comet 65 



CHAPTER Vn 



Exploration of the Kapare River— Obota— Native Geography— River 

 Obstructions— Bornbills and Tree Ducks— Gifts of Stones— 

 Importance of Steafn Launch — Cultivation of Tobacco — Sago 

 Stvamps — Manufacture of Sago— Cooking of Sago— The Dutch 

 Use of Convict Labour 



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CHAPTER VHI 



Description of Wakatimi—The Papuan House— Coconut Palms— The 

 Sugar Palm— Drunkenness of the Natives— Drunken Vagaries- 

 Other Cultivatioft-The Native Language— No Interpreters— The 

 Numerals— Difficulties of Understanding— Names of Places- 

 Local Differences of Pronunciation 95 



CHAPTER IX 



The Papuajis of Wakatimi— Colour— Hair— Eyes— Nose— Tattooing 

 —Height— Dress— Widows' Bo?mets— Growth of Childre?i— 



