E. They have plenty of all
kinds of food. We crossed from the Janara, a good-sized mountain torrent
flowing S.W. to Bootless Inlet. We are 700 feet high. High bluff of
Astrolabe, N.E.; Bootless Inlet, S.S.W.; peak of Astrolabe above Kaili,
E.S.E.
7_th_.--Our friend Lohiamalaka turned up again last evening; he did not
like leaving us. This morning he really set off, promising to visit us
at Port Moresby in October; that is, not this moon, nor the next, but the
one that follows. I asked for a little ginger to eat, and they have
brought it me in bundles. It is really good when green, with salt. A
large number of natives attended our service, and were truly orderly--not
a whisper, and during prayer every head bent. On the Astrolabe, the
other day, Lohiamalaka said he felt anxious for us in entering Janara.
Rua, through Kena, told him not to fear anything on our account, as the
Great Spirit was with us, and no harm could come near us. Last evening,
he was telling the people here of his fears, and what Rua said, "and how
true it was the Great Spirit or something is with them.
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