VICISSITUDES AND A DIGRESSION
The Drought affects our Work—Butterflies begin to Fail—Forest
Fires—We descend to the St. Joseph River—A Temporary Camp—A
Wonderful Native Suspension Bridge—River Scenery—Native Methods
of Fishing—Dull Weather and Little Success in Collecting—A Comic
Incident—A Native besieged by a Wild Pig—War—Native Hostility—A
Chief threatens to Cook and Eat our Heads—Strict Guard kept on
Camp—The Bird of Paradise—Papuan Game Laws—Natives’ Interest in
Writing—Further Stay at the St. Joseph impracticable—A Flood
destroys our Bridge—A Visit to a Native Village—Curious Means of
Ingress—Return to Dinawa—My Cingalese Headman’s Experiences—He
evades Native Treachery—Sudden Growth of New Township 125