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Identifier: moderntravelreco00davi (find matches)
Title: Modern travel, a record of exploration, travel
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Davidson, Norman James. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Voyages and travels
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott company London, Seeley, Service & co., ltd.
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ese aroused his interest and curiosityto so great a degree as his expedition to the still almostunexplored Papua or New Guinea, second largest of theworlds islands, and almost the last to guard its secretsfrom the geographer, the naturalist, and the anthro-pologist. It had been his intention to work first inDutch New Guinea, but various accidents, and thehostility of a warlike tribe, brought these plans to anuntimely end, and he had to spend the greater part ofhis time within the borders of the British possession.Port Moresby, the British Government station, on thesouth-west coast, lat. 9° 30 S., consequently became hismain base of operations, and it was in a north-westerlyand south-easterly direction from that settlement thathis journeyings lay. During these journeyings he wasaccompanied by his son Harry, a lad of sixteen. After his disappointment in Dutch New Guinea, Mr.Pratt sailed for Port Moresby, the approach to which isdangerous owing to the reefs which encircle the coast, 259
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tWIR PRATTS ROUTES HOME OF THE BIRD OF PARADISE 261 and accordingly great caution had to be used in navi-gating the ship into harbour. This is an unpretentiousand sweltering place, running Hades or Aden a closesecond. The preparations for his expedition occupied Mr.Pratts careful attention for some time, as he waspenetrating into unknown land, and the journey wouldoccupy three weeks through a region where roads wereunknown. Carriers had to be procured, and provisions,ammunition, trade goods for traffic with the natives,cases for specimens, and the hundred and one thingsnecessary for such an expedition had all to be providedand packed in portable form. From Yule Island, their headquarters, they sailed forBioto Creek, a pestiferous place notorious for itsmosquitoes, but a perfect region for feathered game.The inhabitants of the village were not particularlyamiable, and showed themselves extremely grasping andextortionate in their demands. After some delay theyagreed to convey the expedi

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