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the country— Meet a larger tribe, and see a large native house — 

 Return — Shoot a " Cuscus" — Heavy rollers on the sand-banks off 

 the mouth of the opening — Return to the ship — No news of the boats 

 — Farther search for them — Skirmish with Natives — Return to 

 Erroob . . . . . .221 



CHAPTER X. 



Landing at Erroob— Excitement among the Natives — Visit Seewai, and 

 bring him on board — Promises to accompany us, but dissuaded by 

 his family — Drying a dead child— Seewai and Mammoos at war — 

 Skirmish among the Natives — Some places said to be " Galla" 

 (tabooed 1) — Mammoos promises to accompany us, but backs out 

 — Apparent dread of New Guinea — We resolve to return and lighten 

 the Prince George, in order to take her into the rivers . . 244 



CHAPTER XI. 



Take the Prince George into a river in lat 7o 50' — Large villages — 

 Skirmish with the Natives — Land and examine an immense house — 

 Bring off skulls and curiosities— Shoot two pigs — Proceed up river, 

 but stopped by bad weather and shoal water — See other villages and 

 many natives and canoes — Return to vessel — Damp character of 

 country — Delta of large river— Best probable method of penetrating 

 the interior of New Guinea .... 262 



CHAPTER XII. 



Last visit to Erroob — Seewai gives us news of our missing boats — Re- 

 turn to Cape York for water — Find intelligence of our missing boats 

 at the Post-office at Booby Island — They have gone to Port Essing- 

 ton — Two wrecks happened recently, of which the crews and 

 passengers are likewise gone to Port Essington — Notes on the im- 

 portance of a post in Torres Strait . . . 292 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Extent of the Barrier Reefs— The inner, and outer routes— General 

 features of an " individual coral reef " — Modes in which these reefs 

 are grouped — The reefs of the Great Barrier divided into three 

 kinds : — First, linear or barrier reefs ; second, detached reefs ; third, 

 inner reefs — Form and extent of the Great Barrier Reefs — Likeness 

 to a submarine fortification — Normal form of the Great Reef-mass 

 — Variations from that form — The coral conglomerate and pumice 

 pebbles of the North-east Coast of Australia— Structure of Raine's 



