WE STRIKE INLAND
We start Inland—Friendly Natives but Hostile Mosquitoes—Bioto
Creek—Bioto—Guest Houses—A splendid Game Region—Daily Migration
of Flocks of Pigeons—Greedy Coast Natives—Carriers Inadequate—A
Double Journey in Relays—We meet the Chief Mavai, a great Papuan
Character—Mavai’s Way of Life—His Harem—His Western Notions—His
Trousers—His Red Coat—His Severe Discipline—As we proceed,
Construction of Native Houses more elaborate—On to Ekeikei and
Dinawa—March through Wet Vegetation—Tortured by Leeches and an
Abominable Parasite, the Scrub-Itch—A Gloomy Forest—Magnificent
Orchids—Carriers stimulate Laggard Comrades with Nettles—The
Aculama River—I discover a New Fish 81