Book/Printed Material A few months in New Guinea.
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Image 1 of A few months in New Guinea. A ANAAAA AAA NAA ee Vg Va a rte ees A Rananannnhinn anni nnn Rana si WA Ae ane ea A a aa 333 iti souk Ahh 3 TapRaaannnnn AY AWA naan…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
- Date: 1879
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- Date: 1879
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Image 3 of A few months in New Guinea. Vv Vien Rabat at tol Vo ee beh Aap viniy Vis Che yi ve ate atl Nia ysl yy i ie vy oe on Snenae vi ne moe on vii VA Vy…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 9 of A few months in New Guinea. ANI ww zy ZZ ANY AIIM Oy NuMBER 92 PusuisHep By HARPER BROTHERS New York Pricr 10 Crs Noyember 28 1879 o 4 US Copyright 1878 by Haneer BrotHeEEs A FEW MONTHS…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
- Date: 1879
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Image 10 of A few months in New Guinea. 2 tonio Galvano and eventually arrived at the Moluccas They said The people on all these Jands are black and have their hair frizzled whom the people of the Maluco do call…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
- Date: 1879
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Image 11 of A few months in New Guinea. 2 or our journey must have come to an untimely end The next morning while the men went in search of fuel we landed to explore the neigh borhood I sowed some…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
- Date: 1879
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Image 12 of A few months in New Guinea. 4 f vA A FEW MONTHS IN NEW GUINEA Barrier Reef which divides Torres Straits and the summits of the hills and around the coast the Inner Route from the Coral Seas…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 13 of A few months in New Guinea. cinating costume he can conjure into his brain to concoct for the occasion Cassowary feathers and birdsofparadise crown the head paint both black and red bedeck the face and body and or…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 14 of A few months in New Guinea. 6 rockets to give an idea of the white mans pow er It had a salutary effect The three chiefs of Anuapata came early next day to ask if we were cross…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 15 of A few months in New Guinea. of the walls were smeared with lampblack or smoke and an old man whom we found the sole occupant of one of the houses soon led me to understand the reason Leaning…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 16 of A few months in New Guinea. 3 days had still to be passed before they could put out to sea They therefore inaugurated their expedition by holding regattas almost every day The canoes would start from Anuapata crowded…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 17 of A few months in New Guinea. and effective contrast to the color of the skin be neath The boys have frequently straight hair like the Malays but the old mens hair is in clined to curl in ringlets…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 18 of A few months in New Guinea. 10 as the sterner sex and hold their own among the men some a little more than their own They are not downtrodden or degraded like the women to the west but…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 19 of A few months in New Guinea. we were compelled to postpone our journey until the first favorable opportunity The following day which I had previously fixed for our depart ure came and went but the canoes remained stationary…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 20 of A few months in New Guinea. 12 arm and waving his hand straight ahead like a person frightening flies away But is it not over here I continued point ing more to the north This surely cannot be…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 21 of A few months in New Guinea. sound resumed their sitting posture We re frained from trying the effects of dynamite upon the tall tree with the house in it anticipating cer tain strong objections to that kind of…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 22 of A few months in New Guinea. 14 On the 27th we started back to Anuapata be ing compelled to carry our own baggage Great indeed was our surprise and wrath when the first words we heard from the…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 23 of A few months in New Guinea. with their enormous weight and bellowed like bulls Flying foxes continually flapped their wings among the trees turkeys rustled about ere dawn of day jackasses laughed with all their might ducks quacked…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
- Date: 1879
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Image 24 of A few months in New Guinea. 16 porting the back of the houses are driven into the hillside We saw in each of these villages houses built in high trees as refuges from Vata their evil spirit like…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 25 of A few months in New Guinea. camp was most extensive and picturesque and one of solemn splendor To the southwest was Mount Vetura rising like the dome of some Eastern temple the range of which it forms part…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 26 of A few months in New Guinea. 18 We were delighted to see her and hoisted our flag directly we reached camp In the evening I gave a salutation by sending up rockets and burning blue lights which was…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 27 of A few months in New Guinea. J q I SO a a PS ST PP SI See languages besides several dialects were now spoken in the villages The languages were Motu Ilema Maiva Koitapu and Kirapuno while the…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 28 of A few months in New Guinea. 20 Manumanu Usborne River distance fortyfive miles 3 The Motu tribe whose territory extends along the coast from Kapatsi to Kapakapa close to Round Head distance sixty miles 4 The Koitapu tribe…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 29 of A few months in New Guinea. On the 6th of January Broadbent had a se vere attack of intermittent fever and ague which increased in severity and completely prostrated him Petterd remained very weak the mission ary himself…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 30 of A few months in New Guinea. Se I Sre SS ee ee ee ee EE ae EE Ee ee 22 to the Ellengowan where we slept that night to be ready for an early start in the morning…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 31 of A few months in New Guinea. Flint vesika Flow out v lalilali Fly Zao Foliage auturidobin Follow v 2uliku Cocoanut tree Zita Cold very kerukeru Comb iduari Come mat Come here int maz Cook v hamuto natouw Food…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 32 of A few months in New Guinea. Give 24 A FEW MONTHS IN NEW GUINEA COMPARISON OF WORDS IN VARIOUS NEW GUINEA AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS DIALECTS The same Remarks respecting the Pronunciation apply to this List as to…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 33 of A few months in New Guinea. A FEW MONTHS IN NEW GUINEA 25 COMPARISON OF WORDS IN VARIOUS NEW GUINEA AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS DIALECTS Continued TRIBES Macuik York I Lava Yule I ERvuE ENGLISH Marva Darnley I…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 34 of A few months in New Guinea. a eee mem Co be IS HE POPENJOY THE HISTORY OF A CRIME SREB RU SSEANS OB SR ODAY conn a snewocoseenaseeten eee seeecenees 10 CEnTs By Antuony TRoLLope 15 By Vicror…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 35 of A few months in New Guinea. 25 BOOKS FOR 5 OO ARPERS HALFHOUR SERIES SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO PRIVATE BUYERS A Selection of Twentyfive Volumes with Paper Covers in a Box for Five Dollars HISTORY GENTS AFGHANISTAN By A…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 36 of A few months in New Guinea. era ee a oe a HARPERS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN FICTION This series is proving to be good and deserving of popularity Troy Times Their cheapness and clean neat appearance as well as…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 37 of A few months in New Guinea. 3 thy GEORGE A LAWRENCES NOVELS Anteros 8vo Paper 50 cents A novel of rare merit wonderfully powerful and fascinating The dramatis persone are true to lifethoroughly naturaland Brakespeare Or The Fortunes…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
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Image 38 of A few months in New Guinea. MISS BRADDONS NOVELS Miss Braddon has always been justly praised for the originality and the dramatic intensity of her plots Her style is brilliant and spirited her books show a close observation…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
- Date: 1879
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Image 39 of A few months in New Guinea. WILKIE COLLINSS NOVELS Wilkie Collins has no living superior im the art of construct ing a story Others may equal if not surpass him in the de lineation of character or in…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
- Date: 1879
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Image 40 of A few months in New Guinea. HARPERS MAGAZINE One Year 4 HARPERS WEEKLYne Year 2 4 0 4 HARPERS BAZAR One Year Peas tui centunlen HARPERS YOUNG PEOPLE Gap Wag 2 oN COMBINATION OFF ER Harpers MaGazine ote…- Contributor: Stone, Octavius C.
- Date: 1879
About this Item
Title
- A few months in New Guinea.
Names
- Stone, Octavius C. [from old catalog]
Created / Published
- New York, Harper & brothers, 1879.
Headings
- - New Guinea--Description and travel
- - Motu language--Dictionaries--English
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- 25 p. map. 29 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- DU740 .S87 1879
Library of Congress Control Number
- 48036072
Online Format
- online text
- image