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COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TPAVEL 
administered from Mabudauan, which is situated almost 
opposite Cape York; the eastern from Samarai, an island 
in China Strait; and the Louisiades from Nivani, a small 
island lying south-west of St. Aignan. At all these 
settlements courts are held. There are also two stations 
*— Eigo and Mekeo — under Government agents, the 
former on the coast about 40 miles south of Port 
NATIVE OF BRITISH PAPUA (HEATH ISLAND). 
Moresby, the other some distance up the St. Joseph Eiver, 
which reaches the sea in the vicinity of Yule Island. 
Broadly speaking, British New Guinea may be divided 
into two portions, the physical characters of which are in 
marked contrast—the western low, Hat, and marshy; the 
eastern much elevated, and exceedingly rugged. Begin¬ 
ning at the western boundary, we find the former charac¬ 
teristics strongly apparent. In some places the land is 
