, 1876-01-15
SPARKS OF SCIENCE,


oiAhho VI SIAEACEs
PapuA.
We haSo from tltno 10 time given notes Of tho
0,,i1lea, which voa vn,1ortattcu ,..t n,,mmcr 1,v
Mr ,vil1;a,, ua.,,.s. G"',... T IT,. Na'.A,
ahnplonc, hofh.a i:,., VI esauo' ~ nn'SY San
s"Iea s..,"tya pS,o'e nAs'ng accomplished any Vofy
Fa!athio fehuEts. All abstract Of tho hatory of
tho expedition lIaH NOW beou rmbltst,ed in M.
fury. from whicf, yc t,to !, Ia. ;,,a-.,.,,,,
ticuIars rho va,.oo 49,, ~. 1Io,.s ra
49,, -. n,'' H,'n iofs 'aeKaon' 'ne
punt u uePaltu1o u Aahatta near tAo mouth
OF katon istScr, Now Guinea. occupied tho pofiou
between Suv. IL and June ". Several atopa woro
,nndo nj, Ill, uav tbo innoo,. ~ ,,'o,, 49,.
.hs mn, 1sans s ,S ~ 'Suss r', =. "ucn "o'a a.
11'o anu hs1 aayd ~efo spent III collecting. Al
ono Of tic North Barnard Isles, the party wera
80 fortunate ~ 10 obtain runio and two fenato
sunc;mena Of a P,;lor;, nocu1ar N I'm ,v,,,1
.1s,.t,. H.. .... ..,.s ~ 's'1u1 .:,
"As wv pA''s "e,o "a'eoinoo Ny 'he
heao meu OF the Village, Anti 1nsltod TO smoke
with them Tho ptpo of peace. Tho village Cum
pritcs but eoycn houees. ye. i,, them ahont .,sa
nconla oro oc,o,,,n o,,,ta,; E.o,' ho,,aa j.. m Nv
1u, ~. ,e.s.. III. ~ s,s,,. So ",'o - "
~ ~" 'ac' 'ons VIII III clo'n.'ou u aoo"1o 'cet.
lhe ends arc o1,en; along tho sldoB arc ranged
the Elocpiug pl4ccs OF lts fifty or moro inmates;
unI TIM roof in ,uafle nf Il thick thatchin, W.
hays in thjn arrangement of. kayare soc;ety lin
rrlnci,,Ie OF The Cotnmuno yery wuif carried nut.
Tho inhaiitnnts of m,i,.tts ara So.rr;naI w. y.
'.poyeefu! nad well made ics hlnrk With rtrnioht
of The Au.tra,ia,, hoinr s,tsant Tnn ,.;r jTIs ~
woolIy. bu. groNn in small tnfts. whirf, vim
long. form closo. comnEx ri,riets. nnb Il In mt
uncommou for tbs pennin. MT hera nnlv'
70 10 GU: OF their har M when a'1i thuy Innan' axo@n
into r,nglots and convert it luto viz fos tIoir
lug marked @ Ike % tho s h ss.sns Ds
into fsn.asc SHAPES ana perpns ~ tbn a's I'M AR \.
round. and ornament;l,C it with coIored WOO, or
feathers Ior The hesd, and uockiats Of pcari-
III. Ihs women Of tho tribe were kopr coucca,o,,
FROM view, but lhe lew cllnpyes csurht Of linn
ravcriet In fact 1h.t tHcw Tnra m wcv beart;.
ful. Tlcy alo uuDuron,ly The ssrrnnIs n tl,c
wasnr." Tncir cIothinv cnns,s.s ~ h,t ~ a., NJ
nnron. will rirc1cs NJ cs.sowarv fcat.crs .rouni
th, l:"aes md unLtcs 80 ros,,ro nn,riv @o.,r,.
iuc in sipauljcty tho B,r md coi1nr With uhc,,
.hs savage "a Chiaf considered himself suruptnoua. @ %
iy attretl. -'s'-'eA' '''Ap'1'Aa-
Ali atte,uDts to nanatrato III, ,unc1o .ror,d
,lahatta trosea ipefect,,aI ~ and fsil,n ,a'1,
trecs. barring tbe nn:sarc' nrayoatei lin rav,
.,u,io,, RI I'm E,tn,, T:,rnr bnrorI = ~ n;fo.
biorcd. jts shuree werc bordeTod hv - joftr ard
Gnnsa fora. lo ,,nt,n ~ ~ au
tTc ,nopt nh,,nd,nt tnn1 ecrnnicrnn. s.eet ,n,,1
tho growth. Leaving the shores Of New Guinea
IN August, on accpunt OF advcrse winds, tho vts-
eel containing MT: Mscleay and party touched
At several Islands in tGe vicinity. At fu1c, somo
days we're passed III exploring and collecting.
1t s hero that the enthusiastic Italian nattlrai-
1T. 6snor DAlbeflls. Is now established, for
the puFposo Of collecting objects Of natural
hiHtory. 1t il thu second Wait Of tho
I'D poeu some months NJ wnrk MT
the ti1nc Of Mr.: Mac1cays visit. Yu!o Island il
about miles loug: md iHa fertile md pic'ur-
estI!c body nr laud. The natives. accotdipE to
dun sizo and active. .rletr hair ts not Uoolly
and is generally worn long. beiuE tied up In
chlSnon hennd: Ihey 90 not use tobscco, bnt
ehow tue ocsot'leat: Ihoy wear yety tight
helt, carf;inE snail piece OF cloth. They Sretn
TO 10 tinlld and ino1cusisc greedy aud tllicy-
fuh." Ilc women here, unlikp those at Mphat-