The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-06-11
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| as various wild animals, reptiles, fish.
rlo,lusks and insects. Cannibalism.
though not universal, prevails in \
great many districts. The native girls
make great pets of the young pigs.
and, IKE Alice in Wonderland" mUy
be seen carrying them about In their
arms and carcssing theml The bow
and arrow and the club are the woa-
pons most commonly used, while
spears. tipped with hardened bamboo
or bone. and knives and axes mndc of
Jade, are met with and highly priced
by collectors of chronological objects
As a people their artistic sniIl Is very
considerable This IS shown in their
wooden images, designed as earthly
habitatiOns for the ghosts Of the de.
parted. likewise in tho carved head.
rests and iiguro-hcads of praus, which
are generally executed with iron tools.
Their religion consists mainly of
saint worship, ana their feasts, which
nrc held on such occasions as mar
riagcs and burials. are celebrated
with singing and dancing Chiefs are
unknown, each community of people
living by itself. and in a state Of per.
pctual warfare with It's nclghbors.
having a different dialect, facts which
have rendered European administra'
tion extremely difficult.
Klnghshcrs, parrots and pigeons OF
most brilliant plumage are very nu'
mcrously represented I'm New Guinea,
Il Ia, In pl, trt-
king and remarkable as the birds OF
paradise Among tho birds Of prey
the most remarkable known species ia
the harpy gOshawk 0Iarpyopsis),
which Is, perhaps, most nearly allied
To the great monkey eating eagle
PithcCOphaEa) of the Philippines and
TO the harpy-Caglcs of America. There
IS probably also another very large
eagle which up to the present time
has not been obtained Cassowariea,
brush-turkoys and mogapodcs are well
represented, and among the small
birds we have sun-blrds, nowcr-peCk,
crs, honcy-caters and nycatchcrs, as
well as many more too numerous to
mention, a large number belonging to
peculiar genera and species. 1t ia
difficult TO forecast what new species
Of birds may yet be forthcoming but
We may safely assume that many nov
cities win be obtained The same
may be said about the reptiles, In
which the fauna Of Now Guinea is par.
tiCularly rich The ChclOnians, or tor.
toiscs, and turtles are the most In.
tcrcsting group from the minglins Of
Asiatic, American and Australian
types, and for the discovery In the
Fly river, some % years ago. OF a
huge fresh water turtle (Carcttoche-
lys inaculptaJ, which proves to be tho
type Of a distinct family. More re-
Gently. swapping turtle. allied TO
Chelydra. has been found IN the same
river and described as Deyisia myth.
odcs The family Chclydridae, or
family swapping turtles, IS otherwise
confined to North and tropical Amer.
lea. The lizards are essential orien-
tai, a Wallace's line does not exist
for these reptiles. The genera are
most widely distributed, but allusion
may be- made 10 the curious sCincoid,
Tribolonotus, with IT'S large spny
bony shields. and to the remarkable
crested Agamas, Gonyoccphalus Tree
monitors CVaranusl, green or black.
are also characteristic Of the Papuan
fauna Snakes are represented by
members Of the boa and python
groups, harmless colubrids, poisonous
coIubrids allied to the cobras and
very similar to their Australian al
lies highly poisonous colubrids-
forming the great bulk of tho Austria
Ian snake.fauna and burrowiug blind
snakes (Typhlops). Batrachians be,
long to the families of true frogs
! lRandae). tree frogs Hylidae) and
! toad-frogs EllgystomatidaeJ
w. II, OGILVIE-GttANT.
The cherry Is tbs uast aeglasted o&
al. orchard fruiA