Expedition against the Doboduras - We hear reports about a Web-footed
Tribe - Landing at the Mouth of the Musa River - A Good Bag -
Barigi River Reached - A Flight of Torres Straits Pigeons -
A Tropical Night Scene - Brilliant Rues of Tropical Fish -
Arrival of Supplies - Prospects of a Stiff Fight - Landing of
the Force - Pigs Shot to Prevent them from being Cooked Alive -
Novelty of Firearms - A Red Sunrise - Beauty of the Forest -
Enemies' War Cry First Heard - Rushing a Village - Revolting
Relics of Cannibal Feast - Doboduras eat their Enemies Alive -
Method of Extracting the Brains - Extensive Looting - Firing at
the Enemies' Scouts - An Exciting Chase - When in Doubt Turn to
the Right - Another Village Rushed - Skirmishes with the Enemy -
Relics of Cannibalism general in the Villages - Camp Formed at the
Largest Village - Capture of Prisoners - An "Object, Lesson" -
Carriers ask Leave to Eat one of the Slain - Arigita's Opinion -
Cannibal Surroundings at our Supper - Expectation of a Night Attack.
We were three white men, Monckton was the resident magistrate, while
Acland and I myself were NON-OFFICIO members of the expedition,
being friends of Monckton.
We had been some time at Cape Nelson, where the residency was,
a lonely though beautiful spot on the north-east coast of British
New Guinea. Whilst here I had made good collections of birds and
butterflies, and had made expeditions into the surrounding and little
known country, including the mountains at the back, where no white
man had yet been.
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