CHAPTER XX.

NEW GUINEA.

Armed Boats sent on Shore.--Treacherous Attack of the Natives.--A Soldier killed.--Cowardly Conduct of the Officers in Charge of the Watering-Party.--The Author personally visits the Bay.--Causes of the Barbarism of the Natives of New Guinea.--Faithless and arbitrary Conduct of the Ceramese.--Profitable Nature of the Trade.--Departure from New Guinea. 332