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expeditions. It is the focus or capital of the Xufur 

 I'apuans, a people of some importance. The typical race 

 lias here become rather mixed, as at all trading centres. 

 Westward of them live the Karons, a people who have 

 been described — perhaps on hardly sufficient grounds — 

 as of Negrito stock. The southern shores of Geelvink 

 Bay are known as Wandammen, and are inhabited by a 

 tall race of fine physique. On the coast opposite Jobi 

 Island, which is called Tana Aropen by the Malays, the 

 natives go quite naked. A little beyond, the Amberno 

 liiver debouches by numerous mouths, forming a very 

 large delta. It was ascended in part by Mr. van Braani 

 Morris, who reached shallow w^ater sixty miles from the 

 sea, and considered that the river is of no great size. 

 It is probable that the main stream was not found, for 

 the size of the delta, and the fact that the water is dis- 

 coloured and brackish for some distance out to sea, 

 render it probable that the river is really of large size. 

 Humboldt Bay is the limit of Dutch territory on tlie 

 north coast. It was visited by the Challenger on her 

 celebrated voyage. The natives here are very little 

 known, and untrustworthy. 



Ee turning to the south side of the island, the most 

 known and frequented part is the southern shore of 

 MacCluer Inlet, where at Patippi and Segaar Bays a. 

 certain amount of Malay trade is carried on, and a rare 

 Netherlands India steamer touches. South of the great 

 Charles Louis range the country becomes fiat and marshy. 

 Between Prince Frederick Henry Island and the British 

 boundary are the headquarters of the Tugere tribe, who 

 are the pirates of New Guinea, raiding in large expedi- 

 tions, and keeping the people of a considerable extent of 

 country in a perpetual state of terror. 



German New Guinea. — The remaining half of the 



