Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-07
Ne W GUINEA.

| from the Melbourne Herald. Nov. ..
| Mr.. MACLEAY, the leader OF the
| expedition that started in the Chevort,
Intending to exp l6re New Guinea, but
which was broken up in consequence
of internal disagreement. has given q
lengthy account of the voyage to the
| Sydney Morning Herald.
| RESULTS OF THE JOURNEY.
| He states that after FIVE days unre-
| hitting work i'll sounding and buoy
ing the way through mass of reefs
| nearly twelve miles in extent they
dropped anchor about 4 mile and y
half from the mouth of katoW river
and village of Mohatta. Next morn
ing they We're visited by two canoes,
with about twelve men i'll each. They
came on board with the utmost conf
iance. and though they could only
previously have seen vessels of small
size they did not testify much surprise.
Shortly afferward the vessels COM
pany landed, To the numbe of TWEEN
tv-two, and We're received at the
village by the elder members of
the tribe, seated in a circlo upon
j large piece Of new mating.
-..-. THE VILLAGE
consisted OF seven houses, exactly Of
the kind described by Juke- i'll the
voyage Of the Fly Zach house WAS
ninety or loo feet long, elevated ahOnt
six feet from the ground, and covered
with thick tha,ch. The ends We're
open, and on each side We're sleeping
places of the inmates. Zach house
would easily contain fifty people,
which would make he population Of
Maino Village :Jo. The houses are
built close to the sea, and are every
where surrounded by filth and stencil.
THE PEOPLE
are powerful and we'll made, jet black,
with straight ioretcads and Jewish
noses, and without the projecting jaws
but grows in small Tufts. which, when
long. form close compact ringlets, and
it Is not an uncommon thing for the
people. not only here but AZ Warrior
and Darnley Islands, to cut Oft their
hair when thus grown into ringiets
and convert 1t into a wig for their own
use. The men hayo no clothing or
covering of any Kind. Some of them
are marked. like the Austria liaDs, with !
seams on the shoulders, and they all
cut the lohes Of their ears into fanCful !
shapes, aud pierce the rim all round |
and ornament it with coIOred wool or F!
fibre. The women We're seen little of. /
but enough to satisfy the visitors that +,
they were no beauties. They are the |
hewers OF wood and drawers Of water, |
the duties of the men being confined |
to fishing, hunting and fighting. A !
very Scantv covering round the loins |
is their only clothing. but they seem |
fond of ornaments of cassowary feath- /,
ers round the knees and ankles.
TINE CHIEF WEAPONS
of these people are bows and arrows of |
a very formidable description. The !
bows are of bamboo, very like those
used by English archers. and strung |
in the same way, and the arrows are !
over four feet long, and can be used |
effectively al distance Of l20 yards. !
Like the woollv haired races of Fiji |
and the New Hebrides, Of which they |
are probably variety, these people |
use kava They are /
GREAT NAvIGAToRs.
and go long distances in their canoes, /
which are of great size and are made |
from the eNcavated Trunks of large |
coral trees, trythTinI}. Their supply |
Of animal food is chiefly from the pigs. |
are NerA Numerous, both in /
wild and tame state saw no indi- |
cation among them of cannibalism, I
though human skulls were not an |
ornament in their houses. 4