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قراءة كتاب Two Years Among the Savages of New Guinea. With Introductory Notes on North Queensland.
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Two Years Among the Savages of New Guinea. With Introductory Notes on North Queensland.
TWO YEARS AMONG
THE
SAVAGES OF NEW GUINEA.
WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTES
ON
NORTH QUEENSLAND.
BY
W. D. PITCAIRN,
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and Associate Member of the Manchester Geographical Society.
With a Map.
LONDON:
WARD & DOWNEY
12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C.
1891.
[All rights reserved.]
PRINTED BY
KELLY AND CO., GATE STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS,
AND KINGSTON-ON-THAMES.
To my Friend
OSCAR SOELBERG,
WITH WHOM I HAVE SPENT MANY HAPPY DAYS
IN NEW GUINEA,
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK.
PREFACE.
As every Bill has a preamble, so, I suppose, every book should have a preface. At any rate, such appears to be the universal custom, and I, being of an orthodox turn of mind, am not going to depart from the general rule. Some months ago I mentioned to an acquaintance of mine, a gentleman of considerable literary attainments, that I purposed writing a book on New Guinea, describing my experiences, etc. He replied "Why, the subject is thrashed out, and writings on New Guinea are overdone." I may state that, as the said gentleman had never been in that country, I was not biassed by his opinion.
Had he said that the few writers on New Guinea were thrashed out, he would have been nearer to the mark, as the subject of a country so vast, and the civilised settlement of which is in its infancy, will not be thrashed out for many years to come. We do not all wear the same pair of spectacles. I have endeavoured to describe places and people as they appeared to me. Whether the results as set forth in this work will be found satisfactory or otherwise must be decided by its readers.
W. D. Pitcairn.
The Vicarage, Eccles, June, 1890.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| INTRODUCTION. | |
| North Queensland. | |
| Cooktown—Landing of Capt. Cook—North Shore—Native Fights—Decline of the Race—Endeavour River—Bush Scenery—Birth of Township—Palmer Goldfield—Frank Stubley—Mount Morgan—The Tin Fields—Sugar Cultivation—Bloomfield River—Deserted in the Bush—A FishingExcursion | 1 |
| NEW GUINEA. | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| The Voyage. | |
| Schooner Spitfire—Last Adieus—The Start—The Great Barrier—Osprey Reef—Wreck of the S.S. Papua—"Taking the Sun"—Somnambulism on the High Seas—Breakers Ahead—Land in Sight—Brumer Islands—A Dead Calm—H.M.S. Harrier—Heath Island—Natives Come on Board—China Straits—At Anchor | 27 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| The Government. | |
| British Policy—Death of Sir Peter Scratchley—Hon. John Douglas—Discovery of Gold—Samarai—Native Policy of the Government—China Straits—A Marine Villa—Native Intelligence | 40 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Native Customs. | |
| Types—Origin—Religion—Mourning—Marriage—Treatment of Women—Children—Dress—Villages—Land Tenure—Food—Language —Musical Instruments—Native Manufactures | 57 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| A Stormy Trip. | |
| Christmas at Samarai—Ah Gim—Expedition to Wari—A Series of Mishaps—The Island of Wari—Chewing Betel-Nut—Smoking—Canoe Trading | 72 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| A Golden Prospect. | |
| Arrival of Juanita—Origin of Gold Discovery—Fight Between Wagga-Wagga and Tube-Tube Natives—Weapons—Return of Juanita—Trip to Sud-Est—Sud-Est—Head Hunting—Schooner Hygeia left for Rossel Island—Cannibalism | 88 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Voyage to Bismarck Archipelago. | |
| Return of Seagull from Sud-Est—Capt. Ancell Killed—Native Treachery—Hygeia arrived China Straits—Left for East Cape—Strange Looking Natives at Bentley Bay—Egum (Woodlarks)— Tokaiakus the Dwarf—Trobriand Group—Met Cutter Albatross —Trade with Natives—I go on Shore—Jurien Island—Waterspout, St. George's Channel—Arrival at Mioko, Duke of York Islands | 111 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Bismarck Archipelago. | |
| Mioko—Mr. H——'s Hospitality—Boat Race—Ralume, New Britain— Mrs. F——'s Plantation—Native Markets in Blanche Bay—Mud Throwing—Volcano—Picnic to Pigeon Island—Samoan Dance | 151 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Return Voyage. | |
| Left Ralume—St. George's Channel—Fate of Charles Hunstein— Marquis de Ray's Expedition—Head Winds—Shot a Shark—Pilot Fish—Lost two Buckets Overboard—Arrived Egum—Landed Dwarf— Obtained large Turtle—Painted Boat—Arrived China |