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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.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ainly was bad,as it was almost level with the water, and liable toinundations, but it was the best that could be foundin the vicinity of the river. Explorations in the Dreadnought, a large roomy dug-out with a very comfortable beam, brought them toNim6, a large village in a land-locked bay on the coast.Their appearance caused great consternation, and theinhabitants took to their heels into the jungle, but soonreturned, the men having bunches of leaves in theirarmlets, and the women casting handfuls of sand, orflinging clouds of powdered chalk into the air, in orderto make clear their peaceful intentions, and friendlyrelations were established. Resisting a pressing invita-tion to camp in the village, the Dreadnought was mooredsome distance away in a quiet sheltered spot. This wasfortunate, for during the night a strong breeze broughtthe waves over the narrow spit of sand, completelywrecking many of the huts. The natives of Nime donot adopt the general plan followed in New Guinea of 240
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Plainsmen and Pygmies Two plainsmen and four pygmies. The cap and bags are of woven grass. A LAND OF PERPETUAL RAIN 241 building their huts on piles, so as to raise them above thelow swampy ground which is so liable to inundations.The wretched people took refuge in their canoes, butwere compelled to stand by and witness the havocwrought on their homes, the surrounding country beingone vast mangrove swamp without a foot of land beingvisible at high water. As the tide fell and the feeling ofsecurity was restored, the natives showed their eagernessto trade fruit and odds and ends, amongst them beingincluded their wives and daughters, who showed noreluctance. Stone clubs, bows and arrows, and evenskulls were temptingly placed in prominent positions.The natives have very little knowledge of the propertiesof iron or steel, and good knives are ruined at once bybeing used for chipping or carving stone. On a tour of exploration up the Kaiqua river theDreadnought was escorted by a crowd of cano

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