UPS AND DOWNS 
of the village, and on each side of it the houses were 
on supporting poles. The extreme sharpness of the 
declivity on each side, of course, made the houses 
much higher on the side farthest from the road than 
on that facing it. As structures they were not much 
to boast of; there were about twenty of them and 
all were tumble-down. The Yo-ya-ka people were 
preparing for a feast, and when I arrived the men 
were strutting about in their feathers and paint. 
Various tribesmen from a distance had assembled; 
three were from Yuni-Yuni and some from Bawboi. 
Among the visitors we noticed some familiar faces. 
A native helper named Gavashana recognised me at 
once. He asked me to come in, so I sat down and 
gave him some tobacco. ‘The Bawboi people, how- 
ever, were greatly alarmed at my appearance. They 
began to cry and retreated, saying it was “ Fi-fi,” that 
is, magic. ‘heir acquaintances, however, reassured 
them and made them come up to me and shake 
hands. I then tried to induce a few men to enter 
our service as carriers, but failed, so I determined to 
return and started at once. When I had gone a little 
way up the ridge, Ow-bow, for some reason best 
known to himself, persuaded me to let off my gun, 
whereat the whole of the merry-makers turned out 
and began to jabber at the rate of nineteen to the 
dozen. 
I returned to the camp at Mount Kebea, and for 
the next week or so experienced rainy weather and 
great discomfort. All my provisions were gone, and 
I had to live on sweet potatoes and a few birds we 
could shoot. I tried eating the Drepanornis Albertisi, 
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