AMONG PAPUAN PEAKS 
from the Mafulu people after dances and entertain- 
ments. These companies consisted of men, women, 
and avery few children. Several of them were painted 
as for a festival, and they always passed through the 
camp as quickly as possible, taking no notice of us. 
The Mafulu people used to visit us a good deal with 
the ostensible purpose of trading, but they always 
took care to come armed with spears. This I did 
not like at all, so I directed them to lay down 
their arms before they entered, and if they came to 
visit me after dark, I said they must light torches 
and hail me from the edge of the clearing as they 
approached. ‘This they did, but they seldom came 
at night after I had put this restriction on them. 
The few times, however, that they did come with 
their torches, the sight was weirdly picturesque as 
the lights came glinting through the trees, and then 
congregated at the edge of the clearing, the flickering 
glare throwing up the lithe, bronze figures of the 
watriors into fine relief as they stood there waiting for 
permission to enter the white man’s enclosure. They 
seemed to have a lot of intimate conversation with 
our people, although only one of our men knew their 
language. They were, however, content to do their 
talking through the interpreter. 
Before we left, our food had practically run out 
and we were feeling the pinch very badly. Both 
Harry and I were growing extremely thin, and we 
were always taking in reefs in our belts. As regards 
weight, however, we were in fine walking form. The 
nerves of my people got no better. Sometimes they 
would hear the Mafulu people calling, and then they 
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