Chalmers by Aroma
natives--Defended by some of the natives--Attack due to evil conduct of
white men--Intentions of the natives--Heathen
customs--Pigs--Planting--Trading--Sickness.
The _Ellengowan_ had been thoroughly refitted at Sydney; and in the
spring of 1878, accompanied by my wife, I embarked on a cruise from east
to west along the south coast of New Guinea. The little steamer was
commanded by Captain Dudfield, and manned by an efficient native crew.
Communication was held with some two hundred villages, one hundred and
five were personally visited, and ninety for the first time by a white
man. Several bays, harbours, rivers, and islands were discovered and
named; the country between Meikle and Orangerie Bays, together with that
lying at the back of Kerepunu was explored, and the entire coast line
from Keppel Point to McFarlane Harbour, traversed on foot.
In travelling through a new country, it is impossible not to have many
experiences that may interest those at home, although to the traveller
they may seem of little moment.
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