Discoveries & surveys in New Guinea and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands : a cruise in Polynesia and visits to the pearl-shelling stations in Torres Straits of H.M.S. Basilisk / by John Moresby
xviii, 327 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Summary
Aboriginal settlement a few miles from Somerset, pearl fisheries of Torres Straits Is., life of natives, physical description, shelters, hunting and fishing gear