Title Page
Dedication
List of Figures, Plates and Maps
Preface to the New Edition
Editor’s Preface
Translator’s Preface
‘The German Professor’: Richard Parkinson
Author’s Foreword
Editor’s Foreword
I New Britain with the French Islands and the Duke of Yorks
1. The Land
2. The Inhabitants
a. The Natives of the North-east of the Gazelle Peninsula
b. The Baining
c. The Taulil and Butam
d. The Tribes of the Central Part of New Britain
e. The Tribes of Western New Britain and the French Islands
II New Ireland, New Hanover and their Offshore Islands
1. The Land
2. The Natives
III St Matthias and the Neighbouring Islands
IV The Admiralty Islands
V The Western Islands
1. Wuwulu and Aua
2. Ninigo, Luf and Kaniet
VI The German Solomon Islands, together with Nissan and the Carteret Islands
VII The Eastern Islands (Nuguria, Tauu and Nukumanu)
VIII Secret Societies, Totemism, Masks and Mask Dances
IX Stories and Fables
X Languages
1. The Languages of the Coastal Dwellers of the Northern Gazelle Peninsula
2. The Duke of York Language
3. The Baining Language
4. The Sulka Language
5. The Nakanai Language
XI Cultigens and Useful Plants, Domesticated and Hunted Animals
XII History of Discovery
Index
About the Author
Copyright

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