CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Preface vii 



Introduction xix 



CHAPTER I 



TJie British Ornithologists' U?iion— Members of the Expedition — 

 Voyage to Java— Choice of Rivers—Prosperity of Java— Half- ^^ 

 castes— Obsequious Javanese-^The Rifst-taf el— Customs of the 

 Dutch — Buitenzorg Garden — Garoet j 



CHAPTER n 



Expedition leaves Java— The "Mas "—Escort— Macassar— Eaja of 

 Goa — Amboina — Corals and Fishes — Ambonese Christiatis — 

 Dutch Chibs — Dobo i-y 



CHAPTER HI 



New Guinea— Its Position and Extent— Territorial Divisions- 

 Mountain Ranges — Numerous Rivers — The Papuans— The Dis- 

 covery of New Guinea— Early Voyagers— Spanish and Dutch- 

 Jan Carstensz— First Discovery of the Snow Mountains— William 

 Dampier in the '' Roebuck''— Captain Cook in the " Endeavour" 

 — Naturalists and later Explorers 21 



CHAPTER IM 



Sail from the Am Islands— Sight New Guinea— Distant Mountains 

 — Signal Fires— Natives in Canoes— A British Flag— Natives on 

 Board— Their Behaviour— Arrival at Mimika River— Reception 

 at Wakatimi— Dancing and Weepi?ig— landing Stores — Vien> of 

 the Country — Snow Mountains — Shark-fshing— Making the 

 Camp— Death of IV. Stalker . . . ". , . .35 



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