CONTENTS 
CHAPTER VI 
VICISSITUDES AND A DIGRESSION 
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The Drought affects our Work—Butterflies begin to Fail—Forest 
Fires—We descend to the St. Joseph River—A Temporary 
Camp—A Wonderful Native Suspension Bridge — River 
Scenery—Native Methods of Fishing—Dull Weather and 
Little Success in Collecting—A Comic Incident—A Native 
besieged by a Wild Pig—War—Native Hostility—A Chief 
threatens to Cook and Eat our Heads—Strict Guard kept on 
Camp—tThe Bird of Paradise—Papuan Game Laws—Natives’ 
Interest in Writing—Further Stay at the St. Joseph imprac- 
ticable—A Flood destroys our Bridge—A Visit to a Native 
Village—Curious Means of Ingress—Return to Dinawa—My 
Cingalese Headman’s Experiences— He evades Native 
Treachery—Sudden Growth of New Township . 125 
CHAPTER VII 
GOOD-BYE TO DINAWA 
A‘Beautiful New Orchid discovered and described—Drought con- 
tinues—Sufferings of the Natives—I practise as a Physician 
— Queer Native Diagnosis — Gaberio, an Intelligent Native, 
goes collecting on his own account— How we kept touch 
—The Wireless Telegraph of the Wilds—We determine to 
take our Specimens to the Coast—Methods of Preservation 
and Packing—Gaberio returns—He tells of the Murder of 
one of his Boys—Hardships of Camp Life—Food and Ammuni- 
tion fail—We try Cockatoo Soup—A Visit from a Fine Hill 
Tribe, the Ibala—They brighten the Last Days of our Stay— 
Gorgeous Sunsets at Dinawa — The Ibala People return 
according to Contract to act as Carriers—We depart—Trials 
of the March to the Coast—A Mishap at Sea—Our Fine 
Herbarium ruined with Salt Water—Port Moresby once again I41 
CHAPTER VIII 
INACTION AND AN EXCURSION 
Period of Inaction at Port Moresby—Christmas in New Guinea— 
A Scratch Dinner—A Christmas Privilege for Cingalese to 
obtain Spirits—Curious Effect on One Individual—A Note- 
worthy Character—An Excursion to Hula—A Fisher Com- 
munity—A Piebald People—Picturesque Night Fishing by 
Flare Light—Fishermen often Killed by Gare Fish—Hula 
Houses— Various Traits of Native Life—A Walk zound 
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