Meanwhile, however, as we passed through the squatting crowds,
we were greeted with loud cries of "orakaiba" (peace).
CHAPTER 9
On the War-Trail Once More.
Further Expedition Planned -- Thank-offerings of Notu Chiefs --
The Voyage -- A Gigantic Flatfish -- Negotiating a Difficult Bar
-- Moat Unhealthy Spot in New Guinea -- Hostility of Natives --
Precautions at Night -- Catching Ground Sharks and a "Groper" --
Shark-flesh a Delicacy to the Natives -- Wakened by a War Cry -- A
False Alarm -- A Hairbreadth Escape -- Between "Devil and Deep Sea"
-- Dangers of the Goldfield -- Two Miners Eaten Alive -- Unexpected
Visit from a White Man -- "Where's that Razor?" -- Crime of Cutting
Down a Coconut Tree -- Walsh's Camp -- Torres Straits Pigeons -- My
Boy an ex-Cannibal -- A Probable Trap -- Relapse into Cannibalism
of our Own Allies -- Narrow Escape from a New Guinea Mantrap --
Attack on a Village -- Second Visit to Dobodura -- Toku's Exploit --
Interview with our Prisoners -- Reasons for Cannibalism -- The Night
Attack on our Camp and Enemies' Fear of our Rifles described by our
Prisoners -- Bravery of one of our Carriers -- Treatment of a Prisoner.
"Yes," said Monckton on our return to the coast, "we have got to
punish those Doboduras at all costs.
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