TOWARDS THE UNEXPLORED 
knife, tobacco, bamboo pipe, matches, which he had 
earned, betel-nut and gourd, and little trophies of 
the chase. All these Kafulu took from the unfor- 
tunate Ow-bow, as well as his blanket, his dogs’ 
teeth necklace, and other adornments. ‘Thus bereft, 
Ow-bow executed a strategic movement to the rear, 
and returned to camp with his tale of wrong. Kafulu 
then sent in a polite message informing me that he 
had no intention of sending the sago, and further, 
that I was not to shoot bird, kangaroo, wallaby, or 
any game around my camp, for they were his animals ; 
otherwise he would burn the camp and kill us all. 
As matters stood thus, I considered that greater 
precautions were necessary, especially as I knew that 
Kafulu had recently broken into and robbed the 
mission-house at Ekeikei, for it was more than likely 
that a treacherous spear might, in the darkness, pene- 
trate the thin sago walls of our house, and perhaps 
find its billet. We accordingly built around our beds 
an inner screen of 14-inch bamboo poles, and even 
though a missile had penetrated the thin sago walls, 
it would have been stopped by this barricade. 
Matters did not improve, and accordingly, taking 
Harry and Sam with me, I determined to go down 
and try what a little plain personal dealing could 
accomplish with our agreeable neighbour. I found 
him in his village, sitting apart, smoking the bau-bau, 
and extremely surly. He gave us no greeting, in 
fact, took not the slightest notice of us, and con- 
tinued to smoke stolidly. We sat down, and I at 
once opened the affair, Sam and Harry acting as my 
interpreters. I told Kafulu that unless he sent the 
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