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Excerpt from The New Guinea
Among the rubber plantations Prospects of Para - The goldmine of the soil - Land that goes begging - The cost of rubber - About the cocoanut - A sisal hemp plantation - Ficus rigo - A splendid sugar country - Timbers still untouched; The wizard and the crocodile - Training for sorcery - The Great Fly River - To - Thursday Island - The pearl fishers - "Walking alone in the depths of the sea" - Wicked Goari-Bari - Willie and the soap - The scene of Chalmers' - murder - A bit of boiled man - The rescue of Chalmers' bones - The incredible West - Very nearly an adventure - The hysterical man-eaters - Order of the Imperial Shirt - The loyalty of Kaimari; Eastward in the Merrie England - The prettiness of Samarai - "Very feverish" - Hunting the Japs - The island world again - What they did in Milne Bay - A day in the gold mines - The man who lost his head - The unbelievable island - Did they eat the Chinamen? - A two days man-hunt - Where the money is made; Sud-Est and its Queen - Historic jewels of Papua - Two brave Mrs. Crusoes - A new voyage of Maeldune - Unchaperoned Sim-Sim - The Island of Silence - Too good to be true - The curious Trobriands - Catching fish with kites - A ghastly locket - The gentle art of poisoning - Strange fruits - The pearls in the dust heap - Back to Port Moresby; Appendix; How to reach Papua
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