100 COOKTOWN CHAP. 
soft gentle manner and voice. When the flag goes up 
and the steamer comes in, she runs in saying, '^ Yan- 
kercher (flag) one fellow sit down alonga pole." When 
the butcher comes and leaves the meat she says, 
** Bullocky sit down alonga box," everything sits 
down in their language. The other day her mistress 
Miss Jennie Bauer was ill. Maggie was in high glee, 
and with her face beaming said, " Bymeby, Miss Jennie 
die, Maggie plenty hat plenty dress belonga her." 
But Jennie got well, and when she came in to dinner a 
sad look passed over Maggie's face, and with tears in 
her ^^ she said, " Jennie no die, Maggie no get hat, 
no get nothing belonga her." 
Before leaving, I went to see the grave of Mr. 
M'Laren, the missionary. It was so grown over with 
weeds that it was hard to recognise where it was. His 
was a noble life sacrificed, and had he lived he would 
have done more for the New Guinea natives than most 
of the so-called " good men " there, by teaching them 
first to till their ground, and also to learn from his good 
example that the white man wishes to be their friend. 
A very good German missionary in Northern Australia, 
not having properly learnt the language, was for more 
than a year teaching natives to give up their " livers " 
(instead of hearts) to God. As in cannibalism this is 
one of the tit-bits, the sacrifice must have seemed rather 
too great ! 
Cooktown is a very pretty place, and there were no 
wretched steam tenders. We overlooked the town, and 
the Endeavour River winding away in the distance 
until it is lost among the far-away hills. It was named 
the Endeavour after Captain Cook's vessel, which he 
brought into this port for repairs, and, in the School of 
Arts here, they say they have his original records. 
Living with the Bauers on the outskirts of the town, 
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