Chapter XVIII: Notes on Some Birds of New Guinea

The Birds of Paradise—Remarkable Species observed—Native Names—
Play-Places—Curious Habits—The Bower-Bird: Artist, Architect,
and Gardener 345

APPENDICES 351

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

TWO NEW GUINEA DANDIES _Frontispiece_

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LAKATOIS PREPARING TO SAIL 21

THE BOWER-BIRD 27

GUARDING THE WORKERS 33

TUGERI NATIVES 41

THE NATIVE METHOD OF TREE CLIMBING 47

A LAKATOI AND A HOUSE ON PILES 55

SAM AND HIS WIFE 63

HANUABADA GIRLS DANCING 69

GIRLS DANCING ON A LAKATOI 75

EPA VILLAGE 85

EKEIKEI NATIVES 91

THE CAMP AT EKEIKEI 97

NATIVE COLLECTORS 101

HILL NATIVES AT DINAWA 109

DOBOI, OUR NATIVE COOK 115

THE NATIVE VILLAGE OF DINAWA 121

FISHING ON THE ST. JOSEPH RIVER 131

A ROUGH BRIDGE 137

NATIVE WOMEN AT DINAWA 145

THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY OF NEW GUINEA 149

NATIVES OF ENUMAKA 155

VEGETATION AT DINAWA 161

A PIEBALD PEOPLE 169

A HOUSE AT KALO 177

THE VILLAGES OF ELEVADA AND HANUABADA 187

NEW GUINEA HOUSE-BUILDING 193

THE PRIMEVAL FOREST 197

POLLING LAKATOIS 205

HOUSES AT HANUABADA 209

A DESERTED VILLAGE 215

HARRY PRATT 225

CAMP IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGE 231

TWO VIEWS OF A NATIVE BRIDGE 237

CAMP IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGE 245

UNKNOWN SPECIES DISCOVERED BY THE AUTHOR 251

THE AUTHOR AND SOME NATIVE COLLECTORS 255

A SPIDER’S WEB FISHING-NET 263

FISHING WITH SPIDERS’ WEB NETS 269

A WEIRD TRIBAL DANCE 275

A SEA-COAST SCENE 283

HANUABADA WOMEN WEARING THE RAMI 293

BUYING A WIFE 299

NEW GUINEA WEAPONS AND IMPLEMENTS 305

YOUNG NATIVES AND WOMEN CARRIERS 313

SMOKING THE BAU-BAU 319

A NEW GUINEA HUNT 327

HAULING UP A LOG 337

CHAPTER I
_BREAKING THE GROUND_

The Author’s many Journeys—New Guinea more interesting than all—The Second Largest Island in the World, and the last to guard its Secrets from Man—Its Vast Possibilities to the Trader and the Man of Science— Great Riches in Birds and Insects—770 known Species of Birds—The People— Their many Dialects—A Geographical Reason for this—Toilsome Travel— Razor-like Ridges in Endless Succession—The Author’s Camps—Journeys Outlined—In Unexplored Country—Gorgeous Scenery—Variations of Temperature—The Chief Bugbear, Transport.

TWO YEARS AMONG NEW GUINEA CANNIBALS