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ON Monday, July 3, Captain C. G. Rawling lectured before the Royal Geographical Society on the geographical results of the British expedition in Dutch New Guinea, which was organised by the British Ornithologists' Union, and was led by Mr. Goodfellow until illness compelled his return. The dense tropical jungle of the low plain between the mountains and the coast, the heavy rainfall, and the sickness which incapacitated their carriers, prevented the travellers from reaching the higher portions of the range, but the scientific results, zoological, ethnographical, and geographical, are most valuable. Captain Rawling and Dr. Marshall stayed for some time with the pygmy tribes of the lower hill ranges, and obtained much information concerning their customs, habits, and general character. Subjoined are some extracts from Captain Rawling's paper.
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Explorations in Dutch New Guinea . Nature 87, 25–26 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/087025a0
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