Adventures on the Western Coast of South America, and the Interior of California, Vol. 2 of 2
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Excerpt from Adventures on the Western Coast of South America, and the Interior of California, Vol. 2 of 2: Including a Narrative of Incidents at the Kingsmill Islands, New Ireland, New Britain, New Guinea, and Other Islands in the Pacific Ocean - Arrive at the bank of a stream. - Encamp to refresh ourselves. - The country of the Horraforas tribes. - An unexpected guest. - A white man chief of a tribe of Horraforas. - An account of this strange race of savages; Terry Connel´s account of himself - his adventures and vicissitudes in many parts of the world until the period of our arrival - his now dignified position in life. - Remarks on white men adopting a savage life. - King Connel´s advice to us. - A dangerous locality. - We follow Connel - his cautious movements. - Varied scenery. - We arrive within Connel´s line of scouts. - The reason why the tribes keep out their scouts. - A possible bar against the residence of missionaries in New Guinea. - The probable success of a colony of Christians; Push on for the town. - A primitive ferry. - Arrive at the town. - Connel´s welcome. - Peculiarity of the houses constructed in the trees. - Curiosity of the Horraforas to see us. - Effect of torch-light amongst the trees. - Connel´s hospitality. - A description of the town. - Method of erecting these curious abodes. - Domestic utensils. - The Horrafora tribes in peace and war. - The women. - Costume of both sexes - their amusements, &c. - Chinese gongs. - An enemy´s scout killed and brought into town. - How our friends dispose of the body. - War between the tribes. - We are delayed in this town. - A peep at the enemy. A specimen of the poison used on arrow heads. - A grand entertainment. - Horrafora dancing and music About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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