, 1875-12-25
NEW GUINEA.
Tough Tales Ut II Traveller


a. selent!lic dscorere's L, meet With Akeptlcai
cFtticn. HtaF'ae-lsoma and un.mag,natiyc ne-
dincrtv hate! tho necAtsity =! r"araug.pS ltH
bellefs. Nearly aIl tho old trayela,s ware III ugh:
to to ljarA and trarc 10 the 1a1t censurT, aud
stanlev in our own times. were 1t first thonghs
huulbngs.
Capt. J. A. LArAon, an adventurous English.
mai, who has wi'st.n ho,s on Ms = finin=a, il
the latest oY1ect Of unbelioviux repFcach. VIC
Rto fur from H!re ALSO thst lie will ever obtain
!. revetsI1u Of tho yefdct Which has already henu
pronounced aEaltlst his vr,acty. Whether ts1e
or nos lns book ID 3 worry remarkable nne, snd
wo only onior thAs s7me enter t:tls,sIg American
publisher haH not reprinted IT, Judging from
tho extended notices in .he foreign reriotlcals it
tnnss be very Interesting to boyB, and hardly less
ATTRACTIVE to adulta.
papaan inhabitants h.vc long enjoyed ,eIuta-
Il n for teroeit. aud treashery. wncl, has induc-
Q explorers tn keep At a eafo dtethaco IRON
thcm. Tue ttlanh u ovet I. 2l0 miles lop:, anh
by Tarros Strait. It's iuteri.r VA. known 10 be
IN tuonu:auous and that Was about tho oxt"nt OF
information rceariln2 1t until Ca?s. Ls"soa
. crotsed The island IN ths a1mmer Of 1872. lie
took NTH hin Laacar, named Too!oo, and twu
Australian aburigiacs ninel Joe and Billy. lio
aftelwatd cngasci thu scrs1c's of two lauuauJ
Unmel Aboo and Dluang, az poTtcrH. Ho tool
! fair supply Of 1Fo.Is oH aud nedlcIoeB, q
aud cu''as1 fov his uwn USE rItlc lnH attendants
: wero roTIdel with diuBkess an knisea. Tho
nao mas to cross tim ikllnd from south 10 north.
The natives iirst encounterpd we.o unexpectedly
"rntle. y, ~lfd anitnsas weso enc ,untered ~
the n,a1t. but they hoard snd saw tis:es OF tue
nonlal. aa:a9e amin Il rot, IEted TO DO at least
as bIR As DcHeRI tiger. Vegetation was most
c1nb.fant. Tie grass wAs 8 OF feet hishe.
! tl,tn tilt travellers laaas; eome OF tie trees
we're aJ7 faet high and III lost around tho trunk.
! There weIe lhlts with 1oases loot btoai. aud
i ur feet !ouE. with very tough bulbs ID large
! .. u n,aa's head. The d.tsiea "etc AZ Iasee
az suulowe1s, Insect life wAs e7ualIy, fuurish-
ing. There vote rcorp,ons 10 inches in length
wboss bite Was instant deslh. Csrt. Lawson
cta1tns 10 have uareoHls ohcaped being victim
j to QUO OF tuo>o crrntures. Ine.e nete b!acI and
} nnits Les.lcs u luclee long aud broad. wi:l
| horns inches ia iougtn Moths an butterflies
i were Of slze better pfoPortl0ned 10 SHlsts
| kingdom Of Drol'disnac than to ou1 own dttu.n-
| utte globe. some 11 them measured 4 loot
/ across the WINGS Tne mon1eys Wa!e very nu-
nIeto.is aud eaucv. They Frat upon the tsaSeiers
| Al theS passea under tlls trees. Tao OF thcne
tsaye.iee OF humanity wore afterxard slot, tue
,na,e being 6 feet inches in he,ghs and tue fe-
male inches shorser. Ihe f.nner meauured
~, aud the latter 81 inchcd sround tIe chest.
| Ins 70 ,,tuin thought them de:e.tabIy n3ly, out
still huinau-l,4e to IN extraordinary dostse.
Tho mountains, hn+e*er, beat tue reptiles,
aoHoss. AMI snlmala. "a!l hollow" Thn highest
Of tbeae, nhirh tho CAPTAIN called MI Hvrt lles.
sas found to ba ons Of thc highest 10 tho world.
aud. rlslng abruptly from = plain, lts appl'eat
elevation wa8 ~ imposing Is lts rcsl height. Its
pcak was 81 7s9 fee: sho,a thu leveI Of tle sea,
and Dearly 81 u0D nboFo tho coautry st ita baBe.
| Thn Captain, accomplished by Abvo, attempted
I to c!imo il. They reRcnoh tho height Vt 350Ut
| feet nien :ha fearful cold md rare atmos3hcrc
| compelled thoEa to desc*ad. Thy weIa much
| u.ed up BY tho fatirning saterp1!Hs but tho
! "a, tain nas Btroug enough daY Of two alter
| to fight moolah III the juukles a. TIM base Of
tue mountain and kill It Nth his dagger. after
| tho atnoat bulles~Moo1 animal hal ba.uu tu
| "cIaw" lin, It WAS m 1ch 1lke tiger bit more
handsomely rttiped, aud With = body 7 feet u
inc1lss long. fow days at. or, Tho CAptain eflo.
! nnotbst moolah Ipcues lnugsr than his irs:
| prize. 4 lake full Of crocodiley xas next. en-
| conntcrod.
Wo must hurry on, however. It should be
| said that I'll this jourpeyuE wan performed in
au atmosphere OF l12 de;roes Fahreulle.t Thu
| weatber winch tho stout ElIxfahtaan endnled
| proved TOO hut for thb LAscar. who. pav,n2 boen
| made crazy by a suusttnko, t5ew out hla bfalna.
| The oLAcr Servants nlutiHtod, AbGn alono rI-
| naming faithful. lhuy demanded sbat tue Cap
.stu should rotrlce his etois, bu. he thrsshcd
them iutu obedience With rope's end. They
! reached the northern COAST At 'aas only 10 30
| aaFae1 " bArthr0uB natives. Dannpg Wan
killed. Aboo and Billy alone returned with their
| mae.cr to more Civilized regione.
Our limited space hla compelled Us to Pase nn-
i noticed mAuy I'D, ,entutoB ~ surprising ~ tbpso
| winch mo have neutIonea. but wo have quoted
enough to show that the boDk IL one Of the t,ost
| marvellous narratives Ut the pIesont generation.
The chief ground Tor dAcreditio8 his Btoiy. spart
from tbo accumulation OF 80 lnany wonders aud
pas,tB ID few months TRIP, IL tho utter dis
similarity Of the alleged chara'tcrlHslcs OF Now
Guinea TO those Of the nelgnbostHg inland OF
! Australia. 1t poems ptott7 clear tLat tho esp
| tain Ia fully ~ inventive as adventurous.
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