. The new New Guinea. HIS EXCELLENCY THE OF PAPUAMAJOR J. H. P. MURRAY IN THE UNIFORM OK THE NEW SOUTH WALES FORCES SERVING IN SOUTH AFRICA Frontispiece. THE NEW NEW GUINEA BY BEATRICE GRIMSHAW author ofin the strange south seas from FIJI TO THE CANNIBAL ISLANDS ETC. WITH FORTY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP PHILADELPHIAB. LIPPINCOTT COMPANYLONDON : HUTCHINSON &r- Printed in Great Britain CONTENTS CHAPTER I PACK What is Papua ?—The tropical martyr—How not to see Queens-land—Beche-de-mer—The inevitable —The historyof Papua—Port Moresby , . . i CHAPTER II The sea villag
. The new New Guinea. HIS EXCELLENCY THE OF PAPUAMAJOR J. H. P. MURRAY IN THE UNIFORM OK THE NEW SOUTH WALES FORCES SERVING IN SOUTH AFRICA Frontispiece. THE NEW NEW GUINEA BY BEATRICE GRIMSHAW author ofin the strange south seas from FIJI TO THE CANNIBAL ISLANDS ETC. WITH FORTY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP PHILADELPHIAB. LIPPINCOTT COMPANYLONDON : HUTCHINSON &r- Printed in Great Britain CONTENTS CHAPTER I PACK What is Papua ?—The tropical martyr—How not to see Queens-land—Beche-de-mer—The inevitable —The historyof Papua—Port Moresby , . . i CHAPTER II The sea villages of Port Moresby—Motuan trading instinct—Avisit to the Bird-cage houses—The curse of Babel—How tocatch a murderer—Village dancers—The cold country ofNew Guinea—A start for the Astrolabe—What is a swag ?In jail . . • • • 34 CHAPTER III Along the Laloki—Wonderful Rona—The country of copper—A roadside camp—A plantation bungalow— Where arethe English ?—The humours ofnewnewguinea00grim
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