CONTENTS 
Hood’s Bay—Traces of Initiatory Rites at Kalo—The Kalo 
Houses described—On to Kerapuna—A Shooting Expedition 
—We lose the Trail—Class Distinctions at Kerapuna— 
Return to Port Moresby by Sea—A Perilous Voyage in a 
Little Canoe—Tragic Death of Flood, the Naturalist . 165 
CHAPTER IX 
TOWARDS THE UNEXPLORED 
Beginning of Furthest Journey into Unexplored Interior—The 
Everlasting Question of Carriers—Difficulties and Delays— 
Epa again—Curious Method of Water Supply—Mavai wel- 
comes us back—He provides a Dubious Treat—Kkeikei—The 
Building of a Permanent Camp—An Elaborate Undertak- 
ing—House-building on a Large Scale—Ingenious Papuan 
Methods of Thatching—The Chief Kafulu proves Unneigh- 
bourly—He does not fulfil his Engagements—Ow-bow’s Em- 
bassy—My Deputy is robbed—Precautions in Camp against 
Attack—I go down to Kafulu and deal faithfully with him 
—He relents, and restores Ow-bow’s Goods—An Earthquake 
and Hurricane at Ekeikei . : : ‘ 3 ; ‘ . 183 
CHAPTER X 
UPS AND DOWNS 
My man Sam goes to the Kebea to collect—We go to the Coast 
again with our Specimens—A Dreadful Night in Bioto Creek 
—A Crocodile River—A Tempestuous Voyage to Thursday 
Island—Fever—Return to Port: Moresby—Adrift for Three 
Days in a Heavy Sea—A German Captain’s Thrilling Story of 
the Storm—We return to Ekeikei—A New Trouble—HEpi- 
demic of Measles among Native Followers—Harry goes off 
alone among Cannibals—Adventurous Journey of a Boy of 
Sixteen—Description of Native Village ona15-inch-wide Ridge 201 
CHAPTER XI 
A BOY OF SIXTEEN ALONE WITH CANNIBALS 
Further into the Mountains—A Murder—The Settlement of the 
Blood Price—A Pig for a Life—Harry’s Further Adventures 
alone among Cannibals—Various other Murders—The Village 
of Amana—A Tree House—The Lunatic at Amana—Foula 
—A Pretty Village . : ; ; ‘ . : : . 2am 
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