CHANGES AND STRANGE SCENES 
2000 lbs., and it consisted first and foremost of what 
is technically known as ‘‘trade,” that is, beads, axes, 
18-inch knives, 9-inch knives, 6-inch knives, tobacco, 
looking-glasses, red calico, bright -coloured cotton 
prints, plane-irons for axe-heads, Jew’s-harps—for 
which a Papuan will do almost anything—and, most 
valued of all, dogs’ teeth. In addition to this, I had 
to carry the whole of my apparatus for collecting—100 
nets, 60 to 70 cyanide bottles and enough cyanide of 
potassium to poison the whole population of New 
Guinea, store boxes, pins, cork bungs, and lamps. I 
had also a complete photographic equipment. 
For our own sustenance we carried a_ great 
quantity of tinned provisions, and enough rice to 
feed our carriers for the journey both ways. I ought 
not to omit to mention our tents, another heavy 
item of transport. For arms we had our 12-bores, 
our revolvers, one Winchester repeating rifle, and 
one Winchester repeating shot-gun, with sufficient 
ammunition. We also carried a store of empty 
cartridge cases, recappers, loose powder, shot, and 
_ caps, extractors and refillers. Before setting out it 
Was necessary to make bags of stout canvas, sewn 
with twine and fortified with two coats of paint. 
Into these all our baggage was packed, and each 
bundle was duly numbered. 
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