. Among the cannibals of New Guinea : being the story of the New Guinea mission of the London Missionary Society . een erected ; also ahouse for my colleague, Rev. Harry Scott. A work-shop, sixty feet long by twenty-five feet wide, hasbeen built, in which are to be found carpentersbenches, blacksmiths forge, a turning-lathe for woodand iron, with iron bed and slide-rest complete, cir-cular-saw bench, with self-acting gear. A house hasbeen built for the assistant teacher, who is a SouthSea islander ; also two rows of cottages for the pupils,all of which are built of lath and plaster, with corru
. Among the cannibals of New Guinea : being the story of the New Guinea mission of the London Missionary Society . een erected ; also ahouse for my colleague, Rev. Harry Scott. A work-shop, sixty feet long by twenty-five feet wide, hasbeen built, in which are to be found carpentersbenches, blacksmiths forge, a turning-lathe for woodand iron, with iron bed and slide-rest complete, cir-cular-saw bench, with self-acting gear. A house hasbeen built for the assistant teacher, who is a SouthSea islander ; also two rows of cottages for the pupils,all of which are built of lath and plaster, with corru-gated iron roofs. The frame of a house has also beenprepared for our central station on the Fly River,where the mission there was commenced. The oldVenture, a five-ton craft of light draught that I boughtfor £10 after the wreck of the Mayri, has been almostrebuilt, and fitted up for our work on the Fly yacht Mary, about twenty tons, has been a greatundertaking. All the wood was cut at Murray Island,dragged from the bush over the hill, and sawn on thepremises, and the work done by Mr. Bruce and the. THE PAPUAN INSTITUTE. 89 pupils. She is strongly built, and most convenientlyfitted up. The cabin provides comfortable sleepingaccommodation for five persons, and is neatly finishedand panelled. Every available space is used for cup-boards, lockers, etc. The fore part of the vessel isfitted up for the crew, and there also is sleeping ac-commodation for five persons. The middle portionis large and airy, and as all the ballast (six tons) isunder the flooring, there is plenty of room for eithernatives or cargo. There is no necessity to carry bothat the same time. This boat has been built expresslyfor work in the Papuan Gulf for which the Ellen-gozvan is too large ; and, having nobody to please inits construction but ourselves, we have what is nowadmitted by all to be a most suitable craft for thework. In addition to all this, my own house has beencompleted, and servants hous
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