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CHAPTER IIL 
KEW GUINEA. SOUTH-WEST COAST. 
CatttaitJ Cook's Interview witb. tlie Papuana in 1770— laeutenant KolflTs 
Visit to til e same spot in 1828 — His Interview with the Natives — 
Ichtliyosis— Singalar Practice of Ejecting ft Sinoke-like Material 
from Bamboo Tubes — Lieutenant Modera's Account of t!ie Practice 
— Dr, MttUer's Explanation — Local Character of the Practice — Pro- 
gresa of the Dutch Expedition of 1838 along the Coast— Meet a 
Papuan Flotilla— Practice of Standing while Paddling their Prnhiia 
— Inten^iew with the Nativeis — Friendly Intercourse Established — 
Trading Propensities of the Papuans — Ceremonial Visit of the 
Papuan Chief Ahrauw — Affection of the Natives towards their Chief 
—Aristocratic Coolness of the J(atives-7-Friendly Conduct toward* 
the Butch — Characteristics of the Outanatas — Ichthyosis— Boring 
the Septum of the "Nose, and Pointing the Teeth — Dresa and Onia- 
raents — Characteristics of the Females — A Mother and Child — ^TJts- 
^jositioni and Character of the Outauatas — Arms and Implements — 
Canoes^ — ilahitations—Domestic Animals — Food— Fruits and Vege- 
tables — ^Douhti as to whether the Outanalas axe a Coast or Ijdand 
* Tribe — Papnan Flotillas— Expedition proceeds towards Triton Bay — 
A Papuan Paradise — The Settlement Founded — Mohammedan In- 
fluences on the Natives — Then- General Characteristics — Foreign 
Jntercoorse— Marauders of Onin — The Slave-Trade — Commerce — 
General View of the Natives of the West Coast of New Guinea — The 
Alfoeren, or Mountaineers---Origin of the term " Arafuras" . 30 
CHAPTER IV. 
KEW GUINEA- NOETH COAST. 
Early Voyagers to the North Coast of New Guinea— Dutch Expedition of 
1850— Characteristics of the Dorj- Papuans— Dresa — ^Scarifications 
