x">Boure, village of, 222 Brady, Jim, gold-digger, 23–26, 62, 63 Bramell, Government Agent, acts as Customs Clerk, 113, 114 — at Mekeo, 113–116, 118, 129, 140 —, attempted murder of, 129, 130 Brisbane, 161 —, Archdeacon Robinson of, 245 —, doctor, 234 —, Royal Australian Artillery, 240 British Museum, 37, 275, 316 Bromilow, Rev. William, of the Wesleyan Methodist Mission, 31, 48, 73, 84, 85 “Brother John,” timber merchant, 60 Brown, ex-pugilist, at Woodlark, 146–148 Brown, Lieutenant, R.A.A., 240, 242, 243 Brown River, 155–161 Bruce, Commandant of Constabulary, 246–249, 305–322 Bubonic plague in Australia, 64 Buhutu, village of, 261 Bulldog launch, 320 Bullen, quoted, 12 Buna Bay, 54, 180, 272, 303 — River, the, 213 Burial of the dead, native customs of, 87, 122–127 Burns, Philp and Co., Messrs., of Sydney, 1, 4, 24, 28, 29, 70, 73, 111, 136, 153 —, —, —, charter the Nabua, 58, 59 Burroughs & Wellcome, Messrs., 22, 168 Burton, Richard, 37 —, —, accompanies the author, 62–69 Burupurari, 318 Bushai valley, gold in, 22 Bushimai, chief, 189, 270, 32 Court mourning, 45
, 178–181, 299 Koriva, 318 Kove, Private, 172 Kowold, German, v, 11, 12 — at Mekeo, 113, 117 Kuku Kuku tribe, the, 119 Kulamadau mine, the, 22 Kumusi River, the, 54, 104, 154, 272, 289, 304, 312, 316, 318, 323 — — carriers, 290 — —, murder of miners on, 242 Kuveri district, 199, 209, 210 — tribe, the, protection of, 194, 197, 198, 200 Lailai, constable, 261 Lakekamu River, the, 200 Laku, the river camp at, 194, 195, 197 Laloki River, camp at, 155, 156, 160 Lamington Expedition, 293 —, Lord, Governor of Queensland, 243 Land, laws re possession of, 53, 148 Languages of New Guinea, 78 Lario, Malay, 250 —, —, on the relief expedition, 158–161 Laughlan Isles, the, 14 Lawyer vines, 190, 231 Leeches, 227, 231, 316 Legislative Council of New Guinea, 12, 48 Le Hunte, Sir George, appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Guinea, 148, 149 —, —, appointed Governor of South Australia, 245 —, —, appoints me to the North-Eastern Division, 163–167, 177 —, —, at Cape Nelson, 208 —, —, at Winiapi, 205 —, —, awards medals, 165 —, —, his appointments, 253, 257, 185 Mekco carriers, 156, 50, 51 Queensland, 1, 7, 13 — aborigines, 61 —, bÊche-de-mer in, 56 —, crew from, 69, 95, 97 —, Etheridge Gold-field, 317 —, Lord Lamington, Governor of, 242, 243 —, miners from, 78 — Mining Act, 17, 148 —, Premier of, 10 —, sugar planting in, 193 Radava, murder at, 106 Rain-makers, 183, 184 Rape in New Guinea, laws on, 263 Rats as crab fishers, 46 Resident Magistrate, attempted conversion of, 298–303 — —, attempts on the life of, 107, 129, 133, 178 — —, duties of a, 72–75, 153 Rhodes, Cecil, 10 Risk Point, 238 Road cleaning in New Guinea, 132, 133 — making in New Guinea, 60, 140, 180, 256, 298–300, 304 Robinson, Christopher Stansfield, Chief Justice of New Guinea, 79, 237, 245–249 —, — —, his Hydrographer’s Expedition, 304–323 —, Venerable Archdeacon, 245 Rock Lily, cutter, 55 Rohu, his snakes, 134 Rossel Island, 13, 149 Ross-Johnston, as private secretary to Sir William MacGregor, 11, 70, 71 Rothwell, officer, 13 Rous, Tommy, proprietor of the Golden Fleece Hotel, 27–32, 74 Royal Anthropological Institute, 37 Rubber, New Guinea, 257 —, first trader in, 72 Ruby, launch, 81, 242, 272 Russell. See Stuart-Russell. Russia, pearls in, 172 — —, voyages with, 169–171 Stuart-Russell, Chief Government Surveyor, 11 143, 154, 163, 177 — —, relief expedition after, 154–161, 187 Suau tribe, the, beliefs of, 189 — — carriers, 194 — —, language of, 205 — —, signs of mourning among, 139 Sudest Island, 5, 45, 53, 149 — —, gold reef on, 13, 14 — —, pearl fishery of, 17, 32 Sugar-cane, fire in, 196 Sugar planting, 193 Suicide, native methods of, 131 Suloga Bay, 26, 27 Sulphur, acres of, 39 Surgery, cases of, 131, 157 Sus Barbirusa, 37 Swordfish, 45, 46 Sydney, 168 —, German Harry in, 8 —, Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co. of, 1, 4 —, Oates family of, 53, 54 —, purchase of a schooner in, 62–64 Sylvester, F.H., goes to New Zealand, 16, 19 —, — —, his journey to New Guinea, 1–3 —, — —, his marriage, 62 Symons, Subcollector at Samarai, 72–74, 77, 85, 95, 145, 146, 254, 255 —, implicated in the Milne Bay outrages, 258–267 Tabe deals with a sorcerer, 188 Tamanabai, Private, 309, 312 Tamata, Armit and his snakes at, 134 —, Elliott, Assistant R.M. at, 289, 290, 298 — gaol, 193 — Government Station, 188 —, murder of John Green, Assistant Resident Magistrate, at, THE END Unconducted Wanderers. By Rosita Forbes. Demy 8vo. With over 70 Illustrations from Photographs by the Author and others. 12s. 6d. net.
“Unconducted Wanderers” is a very amusing travel book of the best sort. After a spell of war work the author and a woman friend went to America, and thence to the South Seas, to Java, the Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, China and Korea. The book is extremely lively in tone and fresh in feeling, and the observations and experiences of the travellers, particularly in China during the Rebellion, are of quite unusual interest. Evening Standard.—“Those in search of the perfect companion for a lazy afternoon in a hammock will find their wants admirably supplied by ‘Unconducted Wanderers.’ Their adventures are retailed with an unfailing humorous touch, and the scenery and occupants of these far foreign strands are painted in descriptive language, which is always vivid and at times beautiful.” Westminster Gazette.—“Happily and frankly instructive—just gossip, compounded of observation, humour and the joy of the experience. Such a book is good to read.” Times.—“There is a freshness of its own in Mrs. Forbes’ writing due to her zest of life, and to the vivid manner in which she sets down the impressions that come crowding upon her.”
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In “The Last Crusade” Lieut. Donald Maxwell gave us an extremely entertaining account of the Holy Land: in this volume we have the very necessary corollary in a vivid description of Mesopotamia. In this, as in the former book, Mr. Maxwell is able to deduce interesting parallels between the days of the Old Testament and modern times, and he has drawn for us delightful sketches of the “Mouth of Hell,” the Garden of Eden, Babylon and other strange places. Although Mr. Maxwell was official artist to the Admiralty, this is no war book, for he was sent out rather too late to follow the campaign, a fact for which Mr. Maxwell’s readers will be thankful, as he was thus able to follow his own tastes and to see the country in a fairly normal condition.
Macedonia—A Plea for the Primitive. By A. Goff and Dr. Hugh A. Fawcett. With Drawings in colour, pencil and line. Demy 8vo. £1 1s. 0d. net.
Since the days of Alexander (and probably before) Macedonia has vied with Flanders for the unenviable reputation of being the cock-pit of Europe. Centuries of subjection to the unspeakable Turk has interrupted the march of civilization—especially as regards the outward and material side of things. The result is that people now inhabiting the land are primitive to a degree unknown elsewhere in Europe, and that their domestic arrangements, their general mode of living, their utensils and implements, are much the same as they were thousands of years ago. These people, then, and their country form an intensely interesting study, but, unfortunately the tourist and the antiquary cannot with safety visit them. During the war, however, it was the privilege of the authors of this book to be able to explore this unknown land very thoroughly, and Mr. Goff’s most interesting account of it, together with Dr. Fawcett’s extremely clever drawings, form a volume of unique value.
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Col. Newell’s guide-books to the various provinces of India are well known, but in the present volume he shows that it is not only Indian Geography with which he is conversant. He is equally at home with the History of India, with its Art and Mythology, its folk-lore, Religions, and its numerous races—whether it be in Kashmir or the Deccan. The present book, which is very profusely illustrated with reproductions from photographs, is the record of numerous motor tours through the various provinces, in each of which Col. Newell tells us what is worth seeing—the landscape, or architecture, or for historic association, while he tells us all about the races who inhabit each particular district.
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