Two Years Among the Savages of New Guinea. With Introductory Notes on North Queensland.
CHAPTER IX.
THE "TRIAL."
Diggers Sick with Fever--The Supreme Court--Reported Murder of S. and W., Ferguson Island--Went in _Alice Meade_ to Rescue--Report Untrue--Schooner _Myrtle_ dismasted--Went in _Juanita_ to her assistance--Dawson Island--Brought _Myrtle_ into Port--Tide Rips--Arrival of _Seagull_--Coffee Plantation on Mainland 203