Show A A W UL 0 K x mountain children in raincoats of leaves bf being ing conAl considered dered a A AUSTRALIA continent then kapun new guinea Is the largest island in the world this territory la Is nindo made up of tle the of idima itself and many small island groups captin I 1 I 1 es to tile the north of australia and includes the much talked of territory formerly called german new guinea it Is it land of wonderful scenery of strange peoples people ii of the he ginn dest commercial possibilities it Is the lie richest asset of the common wenith of allai writes thoplas 3 mcmahon in the illustrated london news ne a through tho ilia center of the island runs a great mountain mount aln chain termed the control central mountains ninny many of tile summits running from C to feet in ili height these mountains are arc co vered nil the lie year round to 04 the utmost peaks with the most lold verdure under tile tho bright blue skies of the he tropics and the flashing sun they tire nt at nil all times grandly imposing standing out ns as they do like masses of burnished gold away in tile tho summits seldom traversed by the whito annn tire anre most uncommon scenic benu ties leg the effects of sunlight and mists 0 to o he seen in looking over tile tho grek valleys are wonderful lit in the extreme such mist effects are not to be found in anny nn other part of tho the world corno sorno Soi riff NY liiv tourists will rock lock to ingua nil tp t to P the wonderland of its ha mountains the cho mists tire me remarkable coming and going folding tin and spreading rising and fulling falling changing from a snowwhite snow white to to gray and sometimes in tile tho flashing of sunbeams to brighter colors at times with englc suddenness tile tho mists inn ish leaving leading tile the mount tops aboe and valleys alleys below standing out sharp and deer and revealing the great red gaps in tho the hillsides hill sides from tile tho amazing landslips land slips that nrc ate ever going on accompanied compa nied by bolso lice the booming of grent tir tillery mountain villages and Valle valleys yi hound about and nil all niong the moun laan sides ore nrc hundreds of small native ps brown spots for nil tile the world like the lie nests of some giant blid bird cheso villages are anre perched on the ends of spurs and even on lio lie very ery brinks of precipices and are approached only by hidden hacks such Is the caution of the he nit tives to 6 guard against the sudden appearance of any tribal enemy the valleys millers tire superb ns as seen ficen from ilia mount mountain nin spurs and looking over tile the dense dark jungles through which are anro streaked flashing bands of sliver silver tile lie courses of the rivers so numerous in hopun beginning in some mount torrent some omo waterfall per imps IMP these liese wl wide d e swift flowing rl rivers ver a rush to the aca through jungles tint that are anre planted with nn an amazing variety of commercial tim timbers berm and front from which some tiny day won soon thousands of w sawn mills illis will w ho be sending to the lie countries of tho the empire immense quantities of timber tin and lie pulp for paper tile the mountain sides tire walls of moss and fern want giant trees of immense girth shoot up tip the lie branches thickly festooned festoon ed with bright flowering creepers the grent trunks gripped by monster ones with powerful clinging stems steins and leaves whose length and breadth are measured in feet high lit in the bran clies sounds tho ilia strange unmusical chiv of the gorgeous bird of paradise for this bird of tile lie most brilliant plumage more inore than any other oilier bird in tho mo world Is after nil hut of the mean low family of tho the common crow la Is the only country in ili the world that knows it Is the homo home of tile the bird of Pilm illse there Is a wide variety and tile lie inn protects tho the bird with such severity flint n very henvy heavy puni punishment Is in inflicted for shooting it or even for stealing its feathers no sale ante of the feathers under tiny circumstances Is allowed and customs off officers leers search tourists luggage very verv diligently for tiny hidden piece of plumage the wing or tall of a bird will be worth hundreds of pounds one reason why they aro are pol doro dont seen in ladles bonnets nowadays days some wonderful insects insect in this wonderland of insua Is found the he specialty the he giant butterfly these beau beautieu titu many roan colored insects measure from twelve ta to eighteen inches front wing tip to wingtip wing tip and they have bodies the size of nf a 0 h fm bird specimens of bese butter butterflies nies tre re to be seen in tho the collect fin of ali lie late into baron who sent out if m papua n scientist to collect rare pi h sects and birds another marvelous insect inject of the cricket crichet class Is what la Is p 0 called tile tho six beetle this little cren arenture ture exists alun dantly and Is really wonderful in its ta it gets its tiffine amne front from the fact that every night nt at precisely six oclo cit it gevea forth it 11 resu resonant nant far reaching chirp exactly lice a tell loud electric bell at six ono one will begin and in a few in hintea tho mountains will re sound with the dent deafening enIng noise of these punctual hut but long after the insects have censed ceased to chirp the amazing echoes of tile ho hills will throw back ilia sounds lasting for several minutes 11 in doubt ns As to tile alio correct time set et their watches to this insects evening chirp A companionable little bilte also known only to the mountains of injun popup Is the he bell frog which produces alio lie notes of a bell sweet soft and anil clear and till nil day long can he bo heard ilia musical and nal friendly fil endly tinkle A tiny piny gray frog from under a aiono Is responsible rc and gives aghos out nut its sound ns as a n warning that flint its home Is 19 not to bo be disturbed by b a careless foot in tile the mountains ot of papua roam a pygmy sized people the lio pure pine papuans Papu ans they are it race quite distinct from roni the coastal peoples people atilid customs lint flint pl ro ilij strange si small a 11 they ahro anro perfect in at a lure at mid d tho the young loung people aro are quite good look ing they fire now fast coming within the pale of civilization owing to tile splendid work of ilia lie traveling of tile n very cry fine fenc body of civil c servants sen nuts A few years back before these magistrates got in touch with these people they were constantly tit nt war av ono one fighting another sometimes destroying or wiping willing out whole vI villages lInges or more orte ofton n h killing tile tho men and currying oly olt alie lie women lion lien and women dress very meagerly mea gerl ln in foot fact their ilia main I 1 it cov ering Is necklaces of logs dogs teeth or shells with n loni long white iloilo bono pencil stuck through the lower of the he nose and called nose sticks the men inen paint their bodies with tell red und and yellow pigments and carry cairy ilg big bows and arrows enuch bigger than theal selves the women always very cry subject to lie ho men are silent and shy in do not decorate themselves much in time of widowhood or family faintly mourn ing they blacken their faces and hair very blacki black with charcoal chai alv liik ing thein a most grotesque while the lie natives of lie ilia coast innas of papua demand tobacco ni a present tile hill peoples delight in ili common coarse salt bait and given a handful they will tren suro it up lip to make it tast last ns as long as possible huts hut built up on poles the kotwa villages time have tile tho lints hills built up on poles and while the family live on it tile upper story pigs wallow in awful filth below tind in consequence tt it Is possible to swell n village miles away anway ther theril il people are very cry fond of logs dogs and digs ns as pets pigs are natural to tile be island but logi dog anro nut not and this la Is how tha nit tives came boget them tinny many years ngo ago when papua then called new culnen was only onh oci nei caslo nally visited by sonic some plucky arlt ish traders it dog belonging to one of teem prove proved nn an immense antti action to tho the natives and lie arnder seeing n good opportunity to mako make money or rather a cheap cocup way to get large supplies of copra dried coco cocoanut cocon nut anut for oil of which lie natives tind had plenty to barter away awny went to australia and in one of the queensland towns bought up tip nit all the ilia jon mongrel grel logs that tant could bo be had lie ile pot goe quite n ship full and returned to kapun doing n roaring trade mile every dog selling for at least over twenty pounds or flint value in copra in turn the coastal natives bort bartered ered their dogs to tho the mountain natives but the breeds train mongrels mon grels have deteriorated terl 0 until the wretched things now spen fire hawess hal ress ugly creatures creature v petted alive but much prized after death for their teeth which make the iho principal native J jewelry papua will presently loom largo in fit commerce for tt it to Is a land of marvel marr cl outi re resources and IM soll soil Is of rich fertl dr beery tro tropical pleni plant product thrives wonder wonderfully rully mofid british enterprise has shown chilt with wise and progressive administration this island he be one of the he brightest ot nt alie |