CONTENTS 
CHAPTER XII 
THE UNEXPLORED: AMONG PAPUAN PEAKS 
Still Higher in the Owen Stanley Range—The Road to Mafulu— 
Beauties of the Forest—The Hill Step—Curious Habit of 
Walking acquired in Abrupt Ground—Cold at High Altitudes 
—A New Camp built—Alpine Signs in Insects and Flowers— 
Routine Work—Food runs low again—Native Thieves— 
Followers discontented—They fear the Hostile Mafulu People 
_—Daily Threats of Desertion—Strict Watch—My Rule for 
Night Visitors—Compulsory Carrying of Torches and Dis- 
arming—Weirdly Picturesque Night Scenes—Further Priva- 
tions—Bird of Paradise Soup—Ugh!—Decide to ee 
Natives burn down Camp to ensure our going . , 
CHAPTER XIII 
LAST JOURNEY TO THE COAST 
A Dangerous Stream-Crossing—Babooni—Sunshine once more— 
Successful Work—Poor Fare—Messengers to Ekeikei—The 
Tree-Cabbage—Method of Cooking Tree-Cabbage—A Great 
Curiosity—Spiders’ Webs as Fishing-Nets—Dancing Festivals 
—Back to the Kebea—Our Bean Crop—A Papuan Parliament 
—We obtain Credit—A Wife-Beater—My only Act of Perfidy— 
The Journey to Ekeikei—Back to the Land of Plenty—Last 
Visit to Epa—Mavai unfriendly — He is talked over and 
supplies Carriers—Example better than Precept—The Coast 
again—An Accident—The Natives drink a Min teak vinta; 
bye to the Mountaineers ; 
CHAPTER XIV 
A FORTY-MILE TRAMP BY THE SHORE 
A Comfortless Voyage—A Forty-Mile Tramp along the Coast— 
Wonders of the Beach—Armies of Soldier-Crabs—A Crocodile 
River—A Dangerous Canoe Voyage—At Port Moresby—A 
Pathetic Incident—Last Days of our Stay in New Guinea 
CHAPTER XV 
NATIVE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS 
The Papuan at Home—His Good Points—Physical Characteristics 
—Ceremonial Dress—Coast and Hill Tribes—Differences— 
Local Distribution of the Rami or Petticoat—Its Decrease 
in Length in the Mountains—Its Disappearance at Epa— 
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