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Tlie men were veiy successful in fishing, and we soon lia«l a few 

 luindred pounds of fish drying in the smoke on tlie babricots. One 

 fish called biara, which was very plentiful, is as good as anj' in the 

 Colony. The lower jaw is provided with two very long sharp teeth, 

 which fit into sockets in the upper jaw and show their tips thi'ough 

 the skin just under the eyes. The tiger fish was also common, of a 

 leaden coloiir, striped with black. The biara, when hooked, would 

 jump six feet at a time as they felt the jerks when being hauled in by 

 main force hand over hand. The men have no idea of sport, their sole 

 object being to obtain food ; in fishing the stiongest line possible is 

 used, and in shooting they never fire when there is any chance of a 

 miss. AVhen we missed a ditficult shot they considered it Cjuite a.s 

 contemptible as though we had missed a bird sitting ten yards oflf", their 

 opinion being that we would not have fired unless certain of killing. 



Game was very scarce at Karona, and the huntsmen were unable to 

 find anything. I went out with the gun and could not even see a 

 small bird, but just before reaching the camp on my return 1 shot a 

 large brown monkey, one of a flock of which he must have been chief, 

 as he was very old Avith grey whiskers; however, he was much 

 appreciated by the men. "When wounded, he hid his face in his hands 

 and sobbed like a human being. 



Quelch did not arrive until breakfast time on the fourth day, the 

 delay having been caused by the men wishing to attend service at 

 Warushi on Sunday. He only brought on four Arecunas, the others 

 being too weak ; in fact, on our return we leai-nt that two of them die<l 

 soon after he left, and the required number of 20 was made up with 

 Macusis from Warushi and Kwaimatta. 



The next morning the whole company, 46 in number, started early 

 and crossed the Ireng, about a hundred yaids above the fall, in two 

 very cranky little boats about a foot and a half wide, made from trees 

 sci-aped out. Only two people could cross in each boat at a time, and 

 it was an hour and a half before all the men were on the other siile 

 with their loads. 



A short walk through some bush brought us once more to the open 

 country, and after three hours' jog-trot on a fairly level track, we 

 arrived at a. village of two houses called Cosanota, about 800 yards fiom 

 the Canota Creek. It was a very pretty sight to see tliis little cluster 

 of houses in the middle of a level valley with a s[)lendid background of 

 bare and wooded hills. On our light a belt of bush marked (he course 

 of the Kurewaka River, which runs due east to the Ireng for the whole 

 length of its course. 



Some of the people of Cosanota had been on a fishing expedition and 

 seen us from the opposite bank when we fir.st arrived at Karona. 

 Learning from our men that we were bound their way, they had piepared 

 a feast in the form of it cf>urs(^ of paiwairi. I)irer11y we hoaid (hi.-, wo 

 knew it wf)uld V)e no use attempting to go any farther that day. so wo 

 liad breakfast and slung our hammocks in the fiinge of trees on the 

 river's e<lge. 



Tiie paiwarii-drinking wjis not a great success, ami only st-rvcil to 

 make the people .irgunientat i\c. They had prepared cnssaxa biciid 



