Chapter 4

The mainland of New Guinea. Its inhabitants. Slingers Bay. Small islands. Gerrit Dennis Isle described. Its inhabitants. Their proas. Anthony Cave's Island. Its inhabitants. Trees full of worms found in the sea. St. John's Island. The mainland of New Guinea. Its inhabitants. The coast described. Cape and Bay St. George. Cape Orford. Another bay. The inhabitants there. A large account of the author's attempts to trade with them. He names the place Port Montague. The country thereabouts described, and its produce. A burning island described. A new passage found. New Britain. Sir George Rook's Island. Long Island and Crown Island, discovered and described. Sir R. Rich's Island. A burning island. A strange spout. A conjecture concerning a new passage southward. King William's Island. Strange whirlpools. Distance between Cape Mabo and Cape St. George computed.