CHAPTER XIV

A TRIP DOWN THE PAPUAN COAST

The _Olive Branch_—Passage across the Papuan Gulf—Delena—Tattooing—A Papuan _amentum_—A sorcerer’s kit—Borepada—Port Moresby—Gaile, a village built in the sea—Character of the country—Kăpăkăpă—_Dubus_—The Vatorata Mission Station—Dr. and Mrs. Lawes—Sir William Macgregor’s testimony to mission work—A dance _Page_ 197-210