We told him where we were going, and he said he and his wife
would accompany us, as we were the first foreigners who had ever been to
his village, and he would not leave us. At other villages they also
cleared out, screaming terribly. Gimenumu, 1900 feet above sea-level,
and two miles east from Chokinumu, will make a fine mission station--a
large village, fine plantations, and plenty of water. We crossed several
streams from the Astrolabe Range, all flowing into the Laroki. The whole
drainage of the Astrolabe Range and of this country falls into the
Laroki. We are now in Vaiako, Makipili district, 2250 feet, in a really
lovely spot.
There are a great many natives in this district. About four miles from
here we passed a deserted village on a table-rock, at one time the home
of this people; but the Sogeri natives came over and killed eleven of
them, and the others thought it time to settle somewhere else. We have
now a splendid view of Mount Owen Stanley, due north of us, and rising
far away, clear and distinct above a thick mass of cloud.
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