NEW nrfxEA. 



bat tliey lingered on fur some weeks, till on June 2ljtli 

 poor Jumaat died. 1 le was aboul eighteen years of aju'e, a 

 native, I bplieve, of Bouton, and a quiet lad, not very 

 active, bnt doing his work pn^tty stf>adily, and aa well a-** 

 he was ablp. As niy men were all Alahometans, I let 

 them Inuy biwi in their own fashion, j^iving them some 

 new cotton cloth for a shrond. 



On Jidy 6th the steamer returneil from the eai*tward. 

 The weather was still terribly wet, when, according to riilo 

 it should have been fine and dry. We had scarcely any- 

 thing to eat, and were all of iis ill Fevers, eoldf, and 

 dysentery were continually attacking us, and made me ]on>^ 

 to get away from New (Juinea, as much as ever T bad 

 longed to come there. The captain of the Etna paid nie 

 a visit, and gave me a very intjeresting account of hiy trip. 

 They had stayed at Hnrnboldt Bay several days, and found 

 it a moch more beautifnl and more interesting place than 

 Dorey, as well as a better harbour. The natives wei-e 

 quite unsophisticated, being rarely visit-ed except by stray 

 whalers, and they were superior to the Dorey people, 

 morally and physically. They went quite naked. Their 

 houses were some in tlie water and some inland, and were 

 all neatly and well built ; their fields were well cultivated, 

 and the paths t-o them kept clear and open, in winch 

 respects IJorey is abominable. They were shy ft first, 

 and opposed the Vtoais with hostile demonstrations, bend- 

 ing their bows, and intimating that they would shoot if 

 an atteruj^t was made to land. Very judiciously the 

 captain gave way, but threw on shore a few presents, and 

 after two or three trials they wei'C permitted to land, and 

 to go about and see the count^y^ and were supplied with 

 fruits and vegetables. All communication was carried on 

 with them by signs— the Bovey interpreter, who accom- 

 panied the steamer, beiug uiiable to understand a word o'' 

 their language. No new birds or animals were obtained, 

 but in their ornaments the feathers of Paradise birds 

 were seen, showing, aa might be expected, that these 

 birds rauLie far in this direction, ami probably all over 

 New Guinea, 



It is curious that a rudimental love of art should 

 cio-exist with such a very low state of civilizatioiL The 



