Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate

by C. A. W. Monckton

INDEX

• Abel, Rev, Charles, of the L.M.S., [247–249], [258–260]
• Acland, L. G. Dyke, at Cape Vogel, [104]
• —, —, accompanies the expedition to the Agaiambu and Dobudura, [274–279], [282–293]
• Ada, lugger, expeditions of, [32–57]
• Adade, of Dopima, [244]
• Adaua River, the, [207], [226]
• Ade, Private, [154], [157], [300]
• Admiralty Islands, the, [62]
• Aga tribe, the, [306]
• Agaiambu Lake, [275], [282]
• — tribe, description of the, [274–281]
• Agara, Private, and his wife, [200–203]
• Ahgai-ambo tribe, the, [280]
• Aia Kapimana, father and son, [127], [128], [130], [131], [136]
• Aidio, village of, [244]
• Aimaha, village of, [244]
• Airamu, village of, [232]
• Albert McLaren, schooner, [54], [169–171]
• Alligator Jack, [173]
• Alligators, stories of, [54], [103–105], [132], [160], [161], [193], [319]
• Ambushi, chief, [322], [323]
• America, pearls in, [45]
• Amphibious tribe, an, [274–281]
• Amuke of Dopima, [244]
• Anglican Mission, the, [31], [54], [105]
• Anson, Captain, of H.M.S. Orlando, [63]
• Antoinette, Sister, [136]
• Antony, Sergeant, [320]
• Ants, [159], [299], [317]
• Aparu, village of, [197]
• Arabia, [68]
• Arau-u of Turotere, [244]
• Arbouine, Charles, at Samarai, [28], [59], [75], [111]
• —, —, on sponges, [56]
• Arifamu tribe, the, [206]
• —, —, cannibalism among, [192]
• —, —, raid on, [268–270]
• Arita, Private, [172], [304], [312], [317]
• Armit, R.E., [75], [145], [242]
• —, —, appointed to the Northern Division, [143], [147], [172]
• —, —, at Samarai, v, [3], [4], [28], [75], [82]
• —, —, his advice, [85], [100], [111]
• —, —, his snakes, [134]
• —, —, murder of, [242]
• —, —, on ghosts, [111]
• —, —, trades in rubber, [72]
• Aru Islands, the, [62]
• Australasia, Federation of, [10]
• Australasian Parliament, [62]
• Australia, bubonic plague in, [64]
• —, Commonwealth of, [313]
• —, De Molynes, Governor-General of, [193], [312]
• —, gold-fields of, [13], [14]
• —, Labour Government of, [62]
• —, Marine Board, [65]
• —, population of Northern, [61], [62]
• —, sale of pearls in, [4]
• Australian Artillery, Royal, [240]
• Awaiama Bay, [53], [55], [56]
• Awaiama, murder at, [73]
• Bachelors’ Club, [154], [237]
• Baiba Bari Island, [243]
• Baibi, of Dopima, [244]
• Bai-ia, village of, [244]
• Ballantine, Treasurer and Collector of Customs, [111–113], [249]
• —, at Port Moresby, [136], [161], [163–165]
• —, his relief expedition, [154], [162]
• Bamu River, the, [239]
• Bapapa, [318]
• Bare Bare, village of, [226]
• Barigi River, the, [104], [268], [272], [274], [305], [306]
• Barigi, Sergeant, [201], [269], [278], [284], [287], [295], [296], [308], [309], [318], [322], [323]
• Bartle Bay, [153]
• Barton, Captain, appointed Administrator, [248], [253]
• —, —, as Commandant, [151], [166], [205], [208]
• —, —, as private secretary to Sir G. Le Hunte, [149], [150], [153], [157], [162]
• —, —, as R.M. of the Central Division, [119], [247], [265], [266]
• —, —, at Winiapi, [206]
• —, —, cures a snake-bite, [135]
• —, —, proceeds against the Doriri, [208–232], [256]
• —, —, visits the Agaiambu, [279], [280]
• Baruga tribe, the, [219], [269], [276], [279–281], [306–308]
• — —, defence of the, [175]
• Basilaki, island of, [53], [57]
• Basilio of Manilla, [117–124], [135], [250]
• Bêche-de-mer, trade in, [4], [41], [56], [191], [204]
• Bellamy, [301]
• Bert, my clerk, [250–253]
• Betel-nut, trading for, [150], [167]
• Bia, Corporal, [185], [268], [269], [295], [308]
• “Bill the Boozer,” [14], [21]
• Billy the Cook, his pub, [73], [75], [83], [94], [95], [100]
• — — —. See [Wisdell].
• Binandere tribe, the, [172], [173], [217], [274], [298]
• Binandere, Bushimai chief of, [132]
• —, fearlessness of the, [115], [135], [189]
• —, sorcerers, [187], [189]
• —, warfare, [175]
• Black Maria, [55]
• Black-water fever, [135]
• Blayney, Dr., R.M. for Central Division, acts as Treasurer and Collector, [113], [117], [126]
• Body snatching, [234–236]
• Bogege, chief of the Maisina, [191], [192], [199–203]
• Bogi, village of, [154], [289], [299], [314], [319–322]
• — mining camp, [54]
• Boianai, punitive expedition to, [106–108]
• Bonarua, village of, [197]
• Bouellard, Father, at Makeo, [121], [135], [140–143]
• 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], [286]
• —, —, at Cape Nelson, [193–196]
• —, —, crime and punishment of, [80], [81], [85], [99], [114]
• —, —, his scars, [132]
• —, —, joins expedition against the Dobudura, [290], [292]
• Butterworth, Captain, Commandant of Constabulary, [143], [168]
• —, —, accompanies the author on a punitive expedition, [99], [101–105]
• —, —, deals with the Doriri, [176], [207]
• Cachalot, the, [33]
• Cæsar, Julius, [9]
• Cairn Islands, climate of, [61]
• Cameron, Chief Government Surveyor, [12], [13]
• Campbell, A. M., R.M. of the South-Eastern Division, [143–145], [148], [266]
• Campion, miner, [311], [317]
• Cannibalism among the Mokuru, [192]
• — — the Notu and Dobudura, [282], [284–286], [290]
• — at Cape Nelson, [174]
• — on board ship, [63]
• — on Goodenough Island, [36], [152]
• — on the Kumusi, [182], [311], [316], [322]
• Cape Blackwood, Chalmers at, [237], [238], [242]
• Cape Nelson, [50], [104], [128], [134]
• — — Constabulary, [166–168], [180], [189], [201], [229], [236], [251], [292], [294], [316]
• — —, Judge Robinson at, [294–296]
• — —, raids on tribe of, [173–176]
• — —, station at, [165–169], [177], [233], [250]
• — —, thunder-storms at, [256], [257]
• — —, whaleboat at, [169]
• Cape Vogel, [49], [50], [53], [55], [198], [253], [265]
• — —, alligator at, [104]
• — — Mission Station, [73], [170], [191], [200]
• Carl, brig, [248]
• Carruth, trial of, [73], [94], [95]
• Central Court of New Guinea, [21], [92], [193], [261], [262], [264]
• — Division Constabulary, [294]
• Ceylon, pearl fisheries of, [44]
• Chalmers, Rev. James, murder of, [233], [236–249]
• Changsha, China steamer, [62]
• Chasseurs d’Afrique, les, [14], [48]
• Cheltenham College of Agriculture, [62]
• Chester at Port Moresby, [155], [163], [164]
• China, [272]
• —, pearls in, [44]
• —, sandalwood trade with, [60], [61]
• China Straits, the, [18], [27]
• — —, mother-of-pearl shell in, [44]
• — —, Nabua founders in, [59]
• Chinese, the, bêche-de-mer soup, [56]
• — ineligible as diggers, [17]
• Chinese on Rossel Island, [13]
• Chinese on Thursday Island, [61]
• Clancy, at Nivani, [144], [145], [191], [199]
• Clara Ethel, s.s., [75], [136]
• Clarence River, the, [67]
• Clark, murder of, [9], [78], [81]
• Clark, Rev., at Taupota, [105]
• Clark, trader, [289]
• Close, death of, [82]
• Cloudy Bay, gold rush at, [262], [263]
• Clunas, Alexander, [319–322]
• Clyde, the river, New Guinea, [78]
• Cocoanut palms in Samarai, [5]
• —, trade in, [56]
• Codfish, dreaded by divers, [33]
• Collingwood Bay, Maisina tribe, [173], [176], [190], [216], [219], [225]
• — — mining expedition, [194]
• — —, swamps round, [209], [213], [216], [232]
• — —, Uiaku, [210]
• Colonial Office, the, [165]
• Conflict Islands, [56]
• Constabulary, native, at Mekeo, [114–117], [138], [145]
• —, —, at Nivani, [144]
• —, —, system of, [79], [165], [270]
• —, —, their medal, [165]
• Cook’s Passage, [69]
• Cooktown, Queensland, [1], [3], [65], [67], [75], [242], [243]
• —, —, Diamond Jubilee celebrations at, [68], [69]
• Copra at Dobu, [48]
• — at Iwa, [20]
• Coral Island, rats on a, [46]
• — mushrooms, [40], [47]
• — Sea, the, charts of, [13]
• — —, pearl fishing in, [32]
• Court mourning, [45]
• Cox, Alfred, accompanies the author, [63–66]
• Coxen, Walter A., Captain, R.A.A., [240]
• Crimean War, the, [101]
• Crocodiles, stories of, [188], [272–274], [319]
• Cromwell, Oliver, [9]
• Crow, Mat, miner, [173]
• Curlew, lugger, [32–57]
• Curragh of Kildare, [235]
• Curtis, Commander, [137]
• —, —, acts as surveyor, [11]
• Daiogi, village of, [261]
• D’Albertia creeper, the, [282]
• Daru, [137]
• Daru, Murray at, [238–242]
• Dauncey, Rev., [242]
• Dawson Straits, [34], [36]
• De Lange, Assistant R.M., v
• — — at Daru, [137], [138]
• De Molynes, Richard, as Assistant Resident Magistrate, [297], [304]
• — —, —, at Cape Nelson, [193–196]
• Didina Ranges, the, [215], [216], [222], [226–228]
• Dinner Island, [3], [4]
• Divers, methods of, [33–35], [40], [47], [51–53]
• Divorce, laws on, [204]
• Dobu, Island of, [48], [49]
• —, Bromilow at, [73], [84]
• — carriers, [181]
• —, on the Fly River, [151]
• Dobuan language, the, [36]
• Dobudura tribe, the, their feud with the Notu, [282–293]
• Domara River, the, [207], [225], [226]
• Dopima Island, implicated in murder of Chalmers, [243–245]
• Doriri tribe, the, cannibalism among, [221]
• —, —, expeditions against, [185], [208–232], [256], [275]
• —, —, procuring a skeleton of, [234–236]
• —, —, raids of, [173–176], [198], [207], [280]
• “Dove, The,” [14]
• Dove village, [230–232]
• — Baruga men, [219], [220], [222], [231–232]
• Drake, Sir Francis, [9]
• Driscoll, miner, [195]
• Dubumuba, village of, [243], [244]
• Ducie, Earl of, [12]
• Duck shooting, [277], [316]
• Dudura River and village, [228], [230]
• Dugari, village of, [229]
• Dumai, of Mambare, [78–81]
• Dutch New Guinea, [62]
• — — —, Tugere, [165]
• Duvira Bay, [78]
• — —, the Siai in, [81]
• — village, [80]
• East Cape, [32], [55], [58], [139], [153]
• Eastern Division, [143]
• — —, alligators in, [103]
• — —, Resident Magistrate of the, [36]
• East India Islands, fauna of, [37]
• Eboa, s.s., [30]
• —, chase of the, [85], [86]
• Ede, trader, [14], [19]
• Eheubi, village of, [244]
• Electris Moncktoni, [275]
• Eley Brothers, [168]
• Elliott, Alexander, miner, on the Mambare, [78], [81]
• Elliott, Assistant R.M., [289], [297–303], [318]
• Ema, of Turotere, [244]
• Emai, of Dopima, [244]
• Enamakala, chief, [149], [152]
• —, —, discipline administered to, [88–91]
• Endeavour River, [2]
• Epidemics, enteric, [122–127]
• —, measles, [189], [310–319]
• —, small-pox, [152]
• Etheridge Gold-field, North Queensland, [317]
• Eton College, [13], [62], [237]
• Fanshawe, Captain, [101]
• Farquhar, at the Golden Fleece, [29], [30]
• — sails in the Guinevere, [70], [71]
• Fear of heights, [158], [159]
• Fellows, Rev. —, on the Trobriands, [43], [73], [85–90]
• Ferguson Island, [34], [39], [146], [148]
• — —, cannibal raid on, [93]
• — —, native shot at, [73]
• — —, pearl fishing off, [48]
• Fielden, Captain, [164], [165]
• Fijian teachers in New Guinea, [124]
• Fiji Islands, the, MacGregor representative of, [10]
• —, —, Winter, law officer in, [12]
• Finn, miner, [134], [135]
• Fires, camp, [227]
• Fish, Electris Moncktoni, [275]
• Fish-bringer, profession of, [184]
• Fisherman Island, [69]
• Fishing, methods of, [46], [152]
• Fly, H.M.S., [238]
• Fly River, De Lange drowned in, [137]
• —, —, Le Hunte on, [151]
• —, —, MacGregor on, [238]
• French convicts, escaped, [75]
• “French Pete,” [14]
• Gabadi, of Dugari, [229], [230]
• Gahibai of Dopima, [244]
• Galatea, s.s., [23], [92]
• Gallagher, miner, [195]
• Gamadaudau of Daiogi, [261]
• Game, pursuit of, [141–143], [161], [212]
• Garopo, village of, [244]
• Gebai of Dopima, [245]
• German Harry on the Galatea, [23], [73], [92]
• — —, stories of, [7], [8]
• German New Guinea, [1], [62], [268], [324]
• — — —, coal trade with, [111]
• — — —, Graham in, [86], [87]
• — — —, small-pox in, [74]
• German trade in New Guinea, [2]
• German trader in the Gulf of Papua, [118]
• Gewadura, village of, [230], [231]
• Gewari-Bari, village of, [244]
• Ghosts at Mekeo, [129]
• — at Samarai, [109–111]
• Giorgi, ex-private, [97], [103], [106], [109]
• Gira River, the, [81]
• Gisavia, “boy,” [21]
• Giulianetti, Amedeo, at Port Moresby, [155]
• —, —, his death at Mekeo, [11], [127–129]
• Giwi, chief of the Kaili Kaili, [173–175], [181], [209], [210], [227], [274], [283], [284], [287], [292]
• —, his son Toku, [184], [186]
• Glasgow, Earl of, Governor of New Zealand, [1]
• Goaribi tribe, the, murder of Chalmers by, [238–249]
• Goari-ubi, village of, [244]
• Gogori tribe, the, [306]
• Gold-fields on Sudest Island, [13]
• — — on Woodlark Island, [12], [14], [16–26], [62], [76]
• — —, runaway carriers from, [181], [192], [206], [251]
• — —, Yodda, [172]
• Goodenough Island, cannibalism on, [36], [93], [152]
• — —, cocoanut plantation on, [73], [94]
• — —, natives of, [38]
• — —, pearl fishery off, [32–40]
• — —, punitive expeditions to, [55], [92], [94–105], [148]
• — —, signs of mourning, [139]
• — —, sling throwing on, [38], [152]
• — Bay, murder at, [105–108]
• Goria, murderer, [85], [99]
• Gorman, Siebe, Messrs., [23]
• Gors at Port Moresby, [111]
• Gorupa, the, [33], [289]
• Goura pigeons, [141], [212]
• Government Stations, composition of, [177], [250]
• — Store, feud with, [163], [166–169], [250], [256]
• Graham, John, gold digger, [26], [27], [30]
• —, —, steals anchor and chain, [73], [85–87]
• Gray, Dr., on crocodiles, [272]
• “Greasy Bill,” [14]
• Great Barrier Reef, [69]
• Green, John, R.M., v, [9], [143]
• —, —, at Mekeo, [113]
• —, —, murder of, [73], [77–82], [181]
• Griffin, [301]
• Griffiths, Sir Samuel, [10]
• Groper. See [Gorupa].
• Guba, experience of a, [85]
• Guinevere, the, expeditions in, [64], [95]
• Gulf of Papua, [137], [149], [242], [324]
• — —, German trader in, [118]
• Haddon, Professor, anthropologist, [37], [136]
• Hall Sound, [118], [138], [140], [242]
• Hampden, Lord, [164]
• Hancock, storekeeper at Tamata, [134], [135]
• Hanuabada boys, [130], [154–156]
• Harte, Bret, [25]
• Harvey, Captain, at Winiapi, [206]
• —, —, leads me into crime, [233–236]
• Hastings, H.M.S., [101]
• Hector, Sir James, [37]
• Heinke, Messrs., [23]
• Hely, Bingham, [242]
• —, —, death of, [137]
• Heron, Squire and Francis, Messrs., [168]
• Higginsons, Messrs., [301]
• Hislop, R.M., [322]
• Holmes, Rev, W. J., his alligator story, [104]
• Hornet, lugger, [32–57]
• Howards’ Sulphate of Quinine, [168]
• Hunt, Rev., [242]
• Hunter, “The Sandalwood King,” [60]
• Hurricanes, wrecks in, [58]
• Hydrographer’s Expedition, Robinson’s, [303–323]
• Iake of Turotere, [244]
• Iasa Iasi, [49], [50]
• Ibinamu River, the, [216], [224]
• Iguanas, [132], [186]
• Ilimo, village of, [226]
• Illustrated London News, [71]
• India, tiger-hunting in, [274]
• Indian Medical Service, the, [257]
• — Rajahs, buy pink pearls, [45]
• Infanticide at Cape Vogel, [191], [200]
• Inman, Captain, [1], [3], [70], [136], [171]
• Insect pests, [227]
• Ipisia, Nalaki, chief of, [238], [244]
• Ivanhoe, schooner, [17], [75], [76]
• Iwa, island of, [19–21]
• Jade, slabs of, [222]
• Japanese on Thursday Island, [61]
• Jesuit Mission, French, [23]
• Jewell, secretary to C. S. Robinson, [246–248]
• Jews, the, sponge trade in hands of, [56]
• Jiear, A. H., Subcollector of Customs, [238], [239], [245–247]
• “Jimmy from Heaven,” [14]
• John Williams, L.M.S. steamer, [64]
• Jones, Doctor, health officer in New Guinea, [5]
• Jones, Mervyn, Commander of the Merrie England, [12], [13], [137]
• Kaili Kaili tribe, the, as carriers, [210–232], [283–292], [305], [310]
• — — —, raids on, [173–176]
• — — —, signs of mourning, [137]
• — — —, sorcerers among, [182]
• — — —, work at Cape Nelson, [178], [180], [191], [204], [298]
• Kaina tribe, the, [307–311]
• Kaiva Kuku, secret society of, [119]
• Kanakas, the, [61–64]
• Kautiri of Dopima, [244]
• Kavitari, exhuming the dead at, [87], [88]
• —, trade at, [47]
• Keke, Corporal, at Cape Nelson, [166], [179]
• —, —, at Mekeo, [116], [138]
• —, —, on the relief expedition, [154], [157]
• Kemere, his report of massacre, [243–245]
• Kikinaua tribe, the, cannibalism among, [194]
• — —, expedition against, [197], [198]
• Kimai, Sergeant, [129], [165], [235], [236], [285], [309]
• King, miner, [311], [317]
• Kipling, Rudyard, defines a native, [139]
• Kitchener’s Army, [324]
• Kiwai Island, [238], [240]
• — tribe, the, [179], [189], [235], [236]
• — — Mission boys, [243], [247]
• Komburua, anecdotes of, [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], [266]
• —, —, his instructions to Russell [162]
• —, —, his sentence on Yaldwyn, [266]
• —, —, impulsiveness of, [151], [152]
• —, —, investigates murder of Chalmers, [241–243], [248]
• —, —, on the Fly River, [151]
• —, —, on Pusa Pusa, [50]
• —, —, on the Trobriands, [149–151]
• Lindsay, Robert, miner, [261–263]
• Liquor laws of New Guinea, [94], [266]
• Lithium, lake containing, [39]
• Litter, native, [213]
• Livingstone, David, [237]
• Lloyds’ underwriters, [58]
• Lobb, gold prospector, [14], [19]
• Logia Island, cemetery on, [74]
• London, [56]
• —, money-lender, [64]
• London Missionary Society at Mekeo, [139]
• — — —, John Williams, [64]
• — — —, murder of Chalmers of, [237–249]
• — — —, Rev. W. J. Holmes of, [104]
• — — —, Samoan teachers of, [81], [124]
• Longner Hall, Shrewsbury, [37], [62]
• Louis, of the Chasseurs d’Afrique, [14], [48], [49]
• Louisade Islands, [6]
• Lulubeiai, of Daiogi, [261]
• Lumbago, cure for, [184]
• Lynch, [82]
• Macdonald, head gaoler, [160], [161]
• Macdonnell, district surveyor, [254–256], [265], [266]
• MacGregor, Lady, [100]
• —, Sir William, Governor of New Guinea, [v], [vi], [1], [162]
• —, — —, appoints me as Collector of Customs, [111–113]
• —, — —, at Mohu, [133]
• —, — —, at Port Moresby, [70]
• —, — —, defeats the Okein, [175]
• —, — —, determines Mission spheres, [139]
• —, — —, forbids cutting cocoanut trees, [139]
• —, — —, his map, [304], [305]
• —, — —, his native constabulary, [4], [270], [271]
• —, — —, his Native Labour Ordinance, [6]
• —, — —, his Ordinance re liquor, [94]
• —, — —, his qualifications, [10], [11], [126], [13]
• —, — —, inspects the gaol, [101]
• —, — —, interview with, [9]
• —, — —, leaves New Guinea, [140]
• —, — —, on the duties of Resident Magistrates, [72], [100], [105]
• —, — —, on Enamakala, [91]
• —, — —, on flogging, [99–101]
• —, — —, on Fly River, [238], [242]
• —, — —, on the Mambare River, [77], [78], [81]
• —, — —, on the Musa River, [9], [230]
• —, — —, on Patten, [94]
• —, — —, on the trouble in the Trobriands, [43], [90]
• —, — —, recommends medals, [165]
• —, — —, sends tobacco to England, [313]
• —, — —, stamps out malaria, [5]
• —, — —, story of his appointment, [10]
• Mackay, C.B., Colonel Kenneth, his “Across Papua,” [5]
• Mackenzie, gold digger, [22], [24]
• Magi, Private, [196]
• Mahikaha of Turotere, [245]
• Mahony, Mrs., publican, [266]
• Main Ranges, [304]
• Maina, village constable, [124]
• Maione, Private, [310], [312], [314], [316]
• Maisina tribe as carriers, [207], [209], [210–232]
• — —, the, expeditions against, [191–203], [207]
• —, —, the, raids on, [173–176]
• Maiva, epidemic at, [120]
• —, Missions at, [140]
• Makawa, [287]
• Malaria in New Guinea, [5], [16]
• Malay Archipelago, [63]
• — crews, discipline of, [41], [42]
• Malays on Thursday Island, [61]
• —, prohibition for, [95]
• Mambare, the, [9], [47]
• —, Armit on, [143]
• —, Bishop Stone-Wigg visits, [169], [171]
• — constabulary, [229], [236], [280]
• — crocodiles, [273]
• — fighting men, [290–292]
• — gold-fields, [55], [78]
• — miners, [76], [80], [92], [147], [148]
• — murderers at Samarai, [73], [77], [85], [114]
• —, punitive expedition to, [78], [81]
• Mambare, runaway carriers from, [181], [182], [192], [206], [251], [282], [296]
• — traders, [233]
• — snakes, [134], [135]
• Mangrove Isles, the, [289]
• — ulcers, [16]
• Manigugu, gaoler, [110]
• Manning, on the Hydrographer’s Expedition, [305–322]
• Marawa, father of Kemere, [243]
• Mayne, William, Head Gaoler, [252]
• Mbese, village of, [230]
• McIlwraith, Sir Thomas, [10]
• Medicine, practice of, [184], [185]
• Mekco carriers, [156], [158]
• — constabulary, [114–117], [138], [145], [166]
• —, economic plants at, [117]
• —, experiences in the district of, [113–143]
• —, ghosts at, [129]
• —, Sacred Heart Mission at, [60]
• —, sharks at, [104]
• —, shooting parties at, [141–143]
• —, snakes at, [134]
• —, sorcerers at, [114], [120–128], [130]
• Melanesians, the, [61]
• Meredith, head gaoler, [12]
• Merrie England, the, [49], [50], [59]
• — — at Cape Nelson, [165–167], [182], [191], [193], [205], [208], [233], [252], [264], [268], [294]
• — — at Goaribi, [233], [241–243], [246–248]
• — — at Nivani, [144], [148], [149]
• — — at Samarai, [99], [105], [111]
• — — at the Trobriands, [149], [151]
• — — at Woodlark Island, [14]
• — —, Komburua on, [180]
• — —, Mervyn Jones, Commander of, [12], [13]
• — —, on the Musa River, [9]
• — —, purser of, [72]
• — —, sheep stealing from, [234]
• — —, trips to Thursday Island in, [137], [140]
• Milne Bay, crime in, [258–267]
• — — Mission Station, [258–264]
• Miners at Milne Bay, [258–264]
• — at Woodlark, [145–148]
• — at the Yodda, [172]
• Mining Act of New Guinea, [148]
• Missions, Foreign, complain of sorcery, [183]
• —, —, organization of, [30], [31]
• Mizpah, cutter, voyages in, [32–59]
• Mohu, discipline of, [132], [133]
• Mokuru tribe, the, [204], [209]
• — —, cannibalism among, [192]
• — — carriers, [210], [211], [218]
• Moni River, the, [207]
• Monsoons, North-West, [27]
• Moratau, Island of, [37]
• Moresby, Admiral, [78]
• Morley, miner, [261–263]
• Moreton, Hon. M. H., Resident Magistrate of the Eastern Division, v, [12], [21], [28], [43], [55], [70], [111], [242]
• —, — —, at Samarai, [145], [146]
• —, — —, deals with the Doriri, [176], [207]
• —, — —, ghostly feet in his house, [109–111]
• —, — —, goes on leave, [72–76], [254]
• —, — —, goes unarmed, [149], [150]
• —, — —, his responsibility for the Milne Bay affair, [258–267]
• —, — —, methods of, [84], [93], [96], [98]
• —, — —, on the Mambare, [77], [78], [81]
• —, — —, on the Siai, [42], [47], [53], [143]
• Mosquitoes at Mekeo, [128]
• Mother-in-law, murder of a, [73], [105]
• Mother-of-pearl, [32]
• Motuan boy, [295]
• — language, the, v, [78]
• — tribe, [189]
• Mount Albert Edward, [324]
• — Barton, [313], [314], [318]
• — Bellamy, [318]
• Mount Kembla, pilot of the, [111], [112]
• Mount Lamington, tribes of, [296], [297], [306], [313], [314], [318]
• — MacGregor, [214], [216], [219], [306], [314]
• — Monckton, [318]
• — Nisbet, [314]
• — Trafalgar, [204]
• — Victoria, [304], [314], [317], [318]
• — Victory, [232]
• — —, eruption of, [173]
• — York, Goodenough Island, [37]
• Mourning, native signs of, [139]
• Mukawa, son of Giwi, [191], [210], [218], [307]
• Muroroa, [244]
• Murray, Hon. C. G., as R.M. for the Western Division, [237–245]
• —, — —, assistant private secretary, [149], [150], [152], [154], [165]
• Murua, wreck and repair of the, [144–146], [148]
• Musa River, the, cannibals on, [9]
• — —, —, Doriri tribe on, [207], [209], [215–219], [228], [231]
• — —, flood waters of, [275]
• — —, Kowold’s death on, [11], [113]
• — —, rape on, [263–267]
• — —, rubber on, [257]
• — —, Sir William MacGregor on, [175]
• Musgrave, Hon. Anthony, Government Secretary, as Acting Administrator, [294–298]
• —, — —, at Port Moresby, [112], [113], [136], [163], [184], [186], [237]
• —, — —, investigates attempted murder, [129], [130]
• —, — —, sends me a clerk, [250]
• —, — —, organizes an expedition, [154–162], [298]
• Myrtle, mail schooner, [1], [2], [32], [60], [61], [204]
• Nabua, wreck of the, [58], [59]
• Nalaki, chief of Ipisia, [238], [244]
• Napoleon I., Emperor, [9]
• Native labour, [61], [62]
• — Labour Ordinance, [6], [245]
• Naval Reserve, [13]
• Navarre, Archbishop of, [31], [140]
• Neimbadi, village of, [306]
• Nelson, Sir Hugh, [10]
• New Britain, [75]
• New Caledonia, French convict settlement, [14], [75], [268]
• Newcastle, Australia, storm off, [65], [66]
• New Guinea, British, Lieutenant-Governors of. See [Sir William MacGregor] and [Sir George Le Hunte].
• — —, Protectorate of Southern, [57], [68]
• — — sores, [16]
• — —, steamship communication with, [1]
• New Zealand, farming in, [62], [145]
• — —, Governor of, Earl of Glasgow, [1]
• — —, holiday in, [59], [62]
• — —, Sylvester in, [16]
• Niagara Falls, [238]
• Niccols, Harry, carpenter, [58], [59]
• Nicholas the Greek, stories of, [6], [7], [57]
• Niue, L.M.S. schooner, [238–245]
• Nivani Government Station, [144], [148], [149]
• —, wreck of the Murua at, [144]
• Nord Deutscher Lloyd, the, [2]
• Normanby Island, gold prospecting on, [84]
• — —, pearl fishing off, [48]
• North-Eastern Division, appointment to, [162], [164–166]
• — — —, coast of, [49]
• — — — constabulary, [166–168], [271], [323]
• — — —, Resident Magistrate of, [50]
• — — —, tribes of, [173]
• Northern Australia, [296]
• — —, population of, [61], [62]
• Northern Division constabulary, [271], [290]
• — —, dangers of, [38], [82], [143]
• North-West Monsoon, the, [27]
• Notu, [314]
• — tribe, the, [181]
• — —, their feud with the Dobudura, [282–293]
• Oates, Captain, [53–56]
• —, storekeeper, [289]
• Oelrichs, A. E., Assistant R.M., [190], [234], [264], [268], [301], [303]
• —, —, his body-snatching expedition, [235], [236]
• Oia, Private, at Cape Nelson, [193], [257], [294], [296]
• —, —, eats shark, [289]
• —, —, son of Bushimai, [189], [286]
• Oiogoba Sara, chief, [269], [270], [274–278], [294], [305]
• Okein tribe, [181]
• — —, attacks the Kaili Kaili and Maisina tribes, [173–176]
• Omati River, the, [238], [242]
• Opi Hill, [315]
• — River, [81], [104], [187]
• — villages, Bishop Stone-Wigg visits, [171], [172]
• Orchid, devil, [235]
• O’Regan the Rager, [29], [30], [75], [76]
• Orlando, H.M.S., [63]
• Oro Bay, Notu of, [282], [283], [290], [304], [313]
• Orokolo, [242]
• Otto, seaman, [67–69]
• Owen Stanley Range, the, [37], [154–162], [314]
• Oysters, pearls in, [35]
• —, Trobriand Islands, [42], [47]
• —, varieties of, [38], [45]
• Paitoto, chief of the Mokuru, [192], [209], [210]
• Paiwa, epidemic of measles at, [189]
• Pakara of Aimaha, [244]
• Palmer, crew, [95]
• Papangi Station (Papaki), [289], [290], [299], [304], [311], [314], [316–322]
• Papuans, the, [13], [61]
• — employed by diggers, [17]
• Paris, bêche-de-mer in, [56]
• Park, Resident Magistrate, [82]
• Paru, [318]
• Parua, s.s., [240–243]
• Pâté de foie gras, curried, [75]
• Patten, Ernest, his expeditions with his wife, [204–206]
• —, —, punishment of, [73], [92], [94]
• Pearl fishery, methods of, [23], [32–39], [47], [49]
• — trade in New Guinea, [4], [17]
• Pearls, causation of, [35]
• —, varieties and values of, [44], [45]
• Pelicans, [66]
• Persia, [272]
• —, British Consul in, [68]
• Peuliuli, lugger, [272], [303]
• Philp. See [Burns, Philp and Co.]
• Poisoning, cases of, [178], [187], [189], [255], [306]
• Pondicherry Indian cook, [185]
• Pope, the, pearls presented to, [44]
• Porloch Bay, [304], [305]
• Port Macquarie, [66]
• Port Moresby, [59], [69–71], [81], [130], [137]
• — —, alligators at, [103], [104]
• — —, Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co. of, [1]
• — —, carriers, [155]
• — — gaol, [191], [193]
• — — Government House, [153], [237], [247–249], [298]
• — —, Judge Winter in, [262]
• — —, measles at, [310]
• — —, Murray at, [241], [242]
• — —, post of Collector of Customs at, [111–114]
• — —, presentation of medals at, [165]
• — —, Sir William MacGregor leaves, [140]
• — —, snakes at, [135]
• Poruma, Moreton’s attendant, [83], [87–89], [93], [96], [100], [106–110]
• Poruta at Cape Nelson, [166], [167], [178], [192], [193]
• — at Mekeo, [114–116], [120], [127]
• Pottery, native, [222]
• President, steamer, [169], [170], [210], [252]
• Prisons Ordinance, the, [100]
• Pumpkin diet, [123], [133]
• Pusa Pusa, harbour of, [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, [45]
• Ryan, miner, [195]
• —, —, shoots a native, [73], [84], [85]
• Sacred Heart Mission, the, [11], [31]
• — — — at Mekeo, [60], [113], [116], [120], [124], [132], [136], [139–143]
• — — — at Mohu, [133]
• St. Aignan, Island of, [5], [45], [149]
• St. Paul, s.s., [13]
• St. Vincent, Administrator of, [149]
• Samarai, [19], [26], [32], [199], [200]
• — Court House, [55], [76]
• — gaol, [42], [47], [76], [77], [85], [101], [147]
• —, Golden Fleece Hotel, [27–32]
• —, Government Reserve, [3–6], [74], [101], [109]
• —, investigation of outrages at, [262–267]
• —, Macdonnell at, [254]
• —, medical officer at, [257–264]
• —, Merrie England at, [233–236]
• —, Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co. of, [1], [4], [5], [24], [29]
• —, official duties at, [70–74]
• —, refuse hole in, [18]
• —, Tooth at, [303]
• Samboga River, the, [291]
• Sandalwood, trade in, [60], [61]
• Sandhurst, [62]
• Sangara tribe, the, [286–288], [293], [310]
• San Joseph River, the, [104], [124]
• Sara, Corporal, at Cape Nelson, [166], [168]
• —, —, at Mekeo, [115–117], [120]
• Sariba, Island of, [57]
• Satadeai acts as interpreter, [92], [95], [97]
• — as police-constable, [37]
• — goes pearl fishing, [36–40]
• —, sling thrower, [152]
• Sawfish, [46]
• Scratchley, General Sir Peter, Commissioner of New Guinea, [4]
• Scrub itch, [227], [231], [316]
• Seaforth Highlanders, the, [12]
• Secret societies, danger of, [119], [120]
• Sedu, Corporal, [80]
• Sefa, Sergeant, [165]
• Seligmann, Dr., F.R.S., at Yule Island, [136]
• —, —, —, his Melanesians of British New Guinea, [91]
• Seradi, [192]
• — turns informer, [179], [182]
• Seymour Bay, [39]
• Shanahan at Tamata, [81]
• Shanahan, death of, [143]
• Sharks, cowardice of, [33]
• —, effects of eating, [289]
• —, stories of, [104], [172]
• Sheep shearing, [153]
• — stealing, [234]
• Shrewsbury, [37], [62]
• Siai, s.s., [28], [42], [53], [55], [143], [254], [262]
• — at Woodlark, [146–148]
• —, my imprisonment on, [83]
• —, on the Mambare, [81]
• —, repairs to, [73], [94]
• — runs on a shoal, [101]
• Siberia, [274]
• Silva, pearl fisher, [50], [51], [53]
• Singapore, [268]
• Sione, coxswain of the Siai, [21], [81], [83–85], [87]
• —, Mrs., [83], [97], [99]
• Slocum, “Captain,” [64], [67]
• Snakes at Mekeo, [134]
• Solitary Isles, the, [66]
• Solomon Islands, the, [62], [272]
• Sorcerers at Cape Nelson, [178–182], [192]
• — at Mekeo, [113], [114], [120–128], [130], [135], [138]
• — at Notu, [282], [283], [291]
• —, methods of, [183–190]
• — on Goodenough Island, [152]
• — on the Trobriands, [92]
• South Africa, Murray in, [245]
• — —, war in, [165]
• South Australia, Sir George Le Hunte Governor of, [245]
• South-Eastern Division, [127]
• — —, constabulary of, [144]
• — —, duties of R.M. of, [143]
• — —, Moreton R.M. of, [266]
• South Seas, slavers in the, [1]
• Sponge trade, the, [56]
• Spooks in Samarai, [109–111]
• Spray, yawl, [64], [67]
• Steel, schooner master, [1]
• Stinging trees, [227]
• Stone-Wigg, Rt. Rev. John Montagu, Bishop of New Guinea, [vi], [10] [31]
• — —, his illness at Cape Nelson, [169]
• — —, his sheep, [153]
• — —, visits the Opi villages, [171] [172]
• — —, visits the Yodda Gold-field, [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, [77–82], [166]
• Tambere River, the, [306]
• Taro-grower, the profession of, [184]
• Taupota, [101], [105]
• —, Anglican Mission at, [105]
• Taylor, officer, [13]
• Teste Island, [19]
• Thompson, his cocoanut plantation, [73], [94], [98], [102], [103]
• —, storekeeper, [24], [25]
• Thursday Island, [59], [61], [83], [137], [140]
• — —, centre of pearling industry, [61]
• — — hospital, [49]
• — —, Royal Australian Artillery at, [240–243]
• — —, Sacred Heart Mission, [136]
• — —, trips to, [137], [151]
• Tobacco in New Guinea, [313]
• Toku, Giwi’s son, [184–186], [227], [230], [278], [285], [287]
• Tomkins, Rev. O. F., murder of, [233], [236–249]
• Tomlinson, Rev. Samuel and Mrs., at Cape Vogel, [200], [202]
• Tonga Islands, Campbell in the, [145]
• Tooth, surveyor, stories of, [293–304]
• Torres Straits, [41], [238]
• — —, pearl fisheries of, [44]
• Totemism, [39]
• Traitor’s Bay, [78]
• Trautwine’s Pocket Book, [298]
• Trobriand Islands, the, [4], [39], [146], [148]
• — —, Enamakala, chief of, [88–91]
• — —, Mission on, [43], [73], [85]
• — —, native weapons, [91]
• — —, passage to, [40]
• — —, pearl fisheries, [34], [44], [47]
• — —, their claims to fame, [42]
• Tubi Tubi, island of, [53], [56]
• Tugere, battle of, [165]
• Turner, assistant surveyor, [254], [255], [266]
• Turotere, village of, [244], [245]
• Ubu-Oho, village of, [244]
• Ufumba, [318]
• Uiaku, village of, [198], [200], [209], [210]
• Upper Kumusi River, the, murder of miners on, [242]
• Utuamu of Dopima, [244]
• Vanapa River, the, [272]
• Vaughan, medical officer at Samarai, [257–264]
• Veipa, village of, [120–123]
• Victor, Father, at Mohu, [133]
• Victoria, gold rush in, [14]
• — Expedition, the, [304]
• —, Queen, Diamond Jubilee, [68]
• Village constabulary, system of, [270]
• Vitali, Father, at Mekeo, [121], [136]
• Wagipa, island of, [36], [38], [92]
• Wahaga of Turotere, [244]
• Wakioki River, the, [211–215]
• Walker, R.M., [82], [297], [304], [317]
• —, James, murder of, [238]
• —, Wilfred, accompanies the expedition to the Agaiambu and Dobudura, [274–279], [282–293]
• —, —, at Cape Vogel, [104]
• Walsh, A. W., Assistant R.M., [289–291], [297–303], [304], [318]
• Wanigela, chief, [174–176]
• — tribe, [208]
• —, village of, [232], [273]
• Warapas, mate of the Siai, [81], [83], [87–92], [106]
• —, Mrs., [83], [97], [99]
• Ward, Charles, miner, [261]
• Wari boys, [19]
• War Office, the, [165]
• Watson’s Bay, [64]
• Weaver, market gardener, [153], [154]
• Wedau, [105], [152], [153]
• —, Bishop Stone-Wigg at, [169], [173]
• —, Holy Week at, [170]
• Wesleyan Methodist Mission, the, [31], [43], [48]
• West Australia, pearl fisheries of, [44]
• Western Division, the murder of Chalmers in, [233], [236], [245]
• White Squall, the, [24], [25]
• Whitten Brothers, Messrs., their business, [5], [29], [54], [263], [289]
• Whitten, Robert, at Cloudy Bay, [263]
• —, —, at Samarai, [77]
• Whitten, Hon. William, M.L.C., accompanies the author, [67–69]
• —, — —, —, his early days in New Guinea, [4], [28]
• Wickham purchases the Conflict Islands, [56]
• Wilsen, Karl, gold digger, on Woodlark Island, [19], [21]
• Winiapi tribe, the expeditions against, [192], [198], [201], [205–207]
• — —, the, Patten trades with, [204]
• Winter, Sir Francis, Chief Justice of New Guinea, [vi], [12], [59], [107], [149], [251]
• —, — —, advises re constabulary, [270], [271]
• —, — —, as Acting Administrator, [143], [161], [163], [164]
• —, — —, at Goodenough, [152]
• —, — —, deals with the Doriri, [176], [207–209], [212]
• —, — —, goes to Thursday Island, [137]
• —, — —, his resignation, [245], [294]
• —, — —, on flogging, [100]
• —, — —, on the Milne Bay outrages, [261], [262], [264–266]
• —, — —, on the North-Eastern Division, [166]
• —, — —, on the Siai, [42], [47]
• —, — —, on sorcerers, [187]
• —, — —, on the Trobriands, [149–151]
• —, — —, visits the Agaiambu, [279–281]
• Wisdell, William, ship’s cook, [2], [32–42], [47–57]
• Witchcraft. See [Sorcerers].
• Wolff, Steve, miner, [261–263]
• Woodlark Island, [149]
• — —, discovery of gold on, [12], [14], [16–26], [62], [76]
• — —, Moreton at, [266]
• — —, troublesome miners on, [74], [145–148]
• Yagisa, village of, [232]
• Yaldwyn, Assistant R.M. at Cape Nelson, [253–256]
• —, his dismissal and death, [264–266]
• Yams, cultivation of, [184]
• — on the Trobriand Islands, [42]
• Yodda Gold-field, the, [154], [159], [160], [180], [289], [300], [304]
• — —, Bishop Stone-Wigg at, [172]
• — —, Judge Robinson visits, [304]
• — River, the, [304], [305], [318]
• Yule Island, [59], [60], [119]
• — —, convalescence on, [136]
• — —, Sacred Heart Mission, [139]
• Zanzibar, Sultan of, his First Minister, [149]

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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A Dweller in Mesopotamia.

By Donald Maxwell, author of “Adventures with a Sketch-Book,” “The Last Crusade,” etc. With numerous Illustrations by the Author in colour, half-tone and line. Crown 4to. £1 5s. 0d. net.

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.

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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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The Diary of a Sportsman Naturalist in India.

By E. P. Stebbing. Profusely illustrated from photographs and sketches by the Author. Demy 8vo. £1 1s. net.

The Times.—“He knows how to tell his experiences with pith and point, and his jungle lore is set out so as to appeal both to the novice and the initiate.... As a faithful account of conditions as they have been during the last quarter of a century Mr. Stebbing’s book is likely to have a definite and permanent value; and he knows well how to entertain as well as to instruct.”

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Topee and Turban, or Here and There in India.

By Lieut-Col. H. A. Newell, I.A. With Illustrations from photographs. Demy 8vo. 16s. net.

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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JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD, VIGO ST., W.1.