Transcribed from the 1886 Religious Tract Society edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk

THE R. T. S. LIBRARY—ILLUSTRATED

ADVENTURES IN NEW GUINEA
by
JAMES CHALMERS
of port moresby

WITH SIX ILLUSTRATIONS

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
56, Paternoster Row; 65, St. Paul’s Churchyard;
and 164, Piccadilly
1886.

london:
printed by william clowes and sons, limited,
stamford street and charing cross.

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INTRODUCTION.

Public attention has been repeatedly and prominently directed to New Guinea during the last few months. The name often appears in our newspapers and missionary reports, and bids fair to take a somewhat prominent place in our blue-books. Yet very few general readers possess accurate information about the island itself, about the work of English missionaries there, or about the part New Guinea seems destined to play in Australian politics. Hence a brief sketch indicating the present state of knowledge on these points will be a fitting introduction to the narratives of exploration, of adventure, and of Christian work contained in this volume.