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collections, especially of birds, many of which were first obtained and named by him. 

 In the meantime, the missionary steamer, /-'//oi^mcan, under the command of Captain J. 

 Runcie, had ascended the Baxter and Fly Rivers. Signer D'Albertis was a passenger on 

 board the Ellcngowan, as guest of the missionary, Mr. Macfarlane, when she ascended 

 the Fly. The success of that voyage inspired him with the resolve to go still farther 



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up that noble River, and explore thoroughly the country through which it passed. He 

 obtained the loan of a steam-launch, the Neva, from the New South Wales Government, 

 and in her he made two voyages, steaming over four hundred miles in a direct line, 

 about two hundred and twenty miles -but failed to reach high land. It is doubtful, 

 however, whether it was the main stream that they explored. Signor D'Albertis was 

 not able to land often, nor yet to penetrate far from the banks of the River. The 

 missionaries of the London Missionary Society, Messrs. Macfarlane, Chalmers and Lawes, 

 have made many journeys and voyages on the coast since 1872, the accounts of which 

 have from time to time been published. In 1875, Mr. Lawes visited the inland tribe 

 of Koiari at Munikahila, about twenty miles from Port Moresby, and was accompanied 

 by Mr. Octavius Stone, who resided three months at Port Moresby, in the Mission 

 compound. Mr. Stone had Mr. Lawrence Hargrave with him, and also two good 

 collectors, Messrs. Petterd and Broadbent, who were originally on the staff of the Hon. 

 W. Macleay in the Chcrcrt. The collection of birds made by these gentlemen for Mr. 

 Stone was the largest that had ever been sent from the south-east coast. About the 

 same time, Dr. James, an American, settled at Yule Island. Before he had been long 

 there he was murdered, with Charles Thorngren, on his vessel, the Alayri, by the natives 

 of Paitana, in Hall Sound. An exploring voyage was made along the coast, from 

 Port Moresby to Milne Bay, in the steamer EUengowan, by Messrs. Lawes and Macfar- 

 lane, in April, 1876, and many new harbours and rivers were discovered. Early in the 

 following year, Mr. Lawes discovered the large river which' falls into Hood Bay, and 

 named it the Kemp-Welch. Mr. Chalmers, at various times in 1878 and 1879, m ade 

 long journeys into the mountain region inland of Redscar Bay, Port Moresby and Hood 

 Bay. The farthest point reached by him was nine degrees two minutes south latitude, 

 and one hundred and forty-seven degrees forty-two minutes east longitude. No traveller 

 has opened up such large areas of previously unknown country, and no one has so 

 thoroughly won the confidence of the people. " Tama/c," the name by which Mr. 

 Chalmers is known to the natives, is every-where a pass-word of safety and good-will. 

 Some account of his travels will be found in the two books written by him, " Work 

 and Adventure in New Guinea" and " Pioneering in New Guinea." In 1883, Captain 

 Armit arrived at Port Moresby, as representative of the Argus newspaper, accompanied 

 by an American geologist, Professor Denton ; he travelled in a north-easterly direction 

 about sixty-five miles from Port 'Moresby, but was compelled by sickness to return, 

 Professor Denton having died on the journey. About the: same time, Mr. Ernest Morrison, 

 of the Age newspaper, explored in a north-westerly direction, but after two months' hard 

 travel, was attacked by the natives, and compelled, wounded and half-starved, to return 

 to Port Moresby. Mr. A. Goldie is well-known on the south-east -coast as a traveller 

 and explorer during the seven years from 1876. Mr. Charles Hunstein and Mr. George 

 Belford have journeyed much in the interior, but have given no account of their 



