Mr.Douglas, resident magistrate, invited me on a cruise in his steamer one day among the islands in Torres Strait.

This being a scientific expedition in charge of Professor Mason Bailey, botanist, we rambled over Friday and Saturday islands, where I got a glimpse of botany.

Miss Bailey, the professor's daughter, accompanied the expedition, and told me of many indigenous plants with long names.
The 22d was the great day on Thursday Island, for then we had not only the jubilee, but a jubilee with a grand corroboree in it, Mr.Douglas having brought some four hundred native warriors and their wives and children across from the mainland to give the celebration the true native touch, for when they do a thing on Thursday Island they do it with a roar.

The corroboree was, at any rate, a howling success.

It took place at night, and the performers, painted in fantastic colors, danced or leaped about before a blazing fire.