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PMB 624   Henry Dexter, Reminiscences of Papua, 1910-1936. 
A memoir intended for publication as Reminiscences of a “Gin-soaked” Trader.

Typescript carbon copy of Reminiscences of a “Gin-Soacked” Trader by Henry Dexter, together with a set of photographs and accompanying cover note. Henry Dexter sent the manuscript to R W Robson, Editor of the Pacific Islands Monthly, in February 1939, saying that it had not been accepted by another publisher. Evidently Robson did not accept the manuscript for publication and it was eventually passed on to Robert Langdon.

PMB 624/
Reel 1	Reminiscences of a “Gin-Soacked” Trader by Henry Dexter. Ts., carbon.		
	Volume I.
Ch.1.  Voyage of the ‘Bentinck’, London-Port Moresby, 26 Apr-26 Jun 1910.	Pp.1-16	
	Ch.2.  The Lakakuma Goldfields – The Sandalwood King – A Crocodile Adventure – Some Queer Characters.	Pp.17-30c	
	Ch.3.  The Mysterious Fish of the Vari-Vari Islands – The ‘Deputy Magistrate’ – A Gold Find in Cloudy Bay – The Murder of Weaver – An Expedition into the Interior.	Pp.30d-41I	
	Ch.4.  Collecting Young Crocodiles for the Zoo. ‘Handsome Harry’. Shooting for the Pot. The Dysentry camp at Baubauguina. Otamata Plantation, Cape Rodney. The Death of Tom Burnett. Trouble with the Goaribaris. Timber Towing. Arrival of the 'Okta'.	Pp.42-59a	
	Ch.5.  An Alleged Breach of Postal Regulations. ‘Algernon Storry’. “Can you bring in Doctor Wade?” A Crocodile in Port Moresby Harbour. Sir Rupert Clarke’s Expedition up the Fly River.	Pp.60-76	
	Ch.6.  Outbreak of War 1914 – The Man who Bluffed the Germans – A Weird Apparition- Abau Patrol – Curious Manner of Fishing – The Death of ‘Handsome Harry’.	Pp.76a-94	
	Ch.7.  Otamata Again – Pom’s Wife taken by Crocodile – Callapa is seized by a Crocodile – Erny Oates and the Crocodile – When the Crocodile ‘stole the nails’ – Life on Kemp Welch River – An Invitation to go to the F.M.S. – Passage in the ‘Goodwill’ from Port Moresby to Daru – The Chest of Spanish Dollars – Daru to Thursday Island – The death of McNealty – Port Darwin – Trouble with the wharflabourers.	Pp.95-109.	
	Ch.8.  Singapore – The Papuan Planter compared with his brother in the F.M.S. – The Malay States Volunteer Rifles – The ‘Port Dickson Tiger’ of 1918 – Damage by Elephants – Elephant Shooting – The Australian Champion Sawyers – The Death of ‘Algy’ – The Death of Major Griffin. 	Pp.109a-128.	
	Volume II.  Ch.9.  Voyage to England by Rotterdam Lloyd ‘Insulinde’ – A close call in the Red Sea – Return to Singapore by the ‘Insulinde’ – A lady passenger overboard – Voyage to Thursday Island – Voyage to Daru by Auxiliary Ketch – I decide to become a coastal trader – The bag of gold recovered on the fluke of an anchor – The “End of the World” scare. 	Pp.129-142.	
	Ch.10.  Absurd Stories about the Islands – A Day in the Life of a Trader – How to Collect Bad Debts.	Pp.143-150c.	
	Ch.11.  Pearls – a Trobriand Chief – Adventures of a Mining Engineer.	Pp. 150d-150kk.	
	Ch.12.  Books on Papua – Some Further fallacies – Medical Assistants – Courageous European Women – The Villages Constables.	Pp.151-163a	
	Ch.13.  The Death of Dekawaiai. The Death of Mr Armit at tamata. The Death of Mrs Baldwin. The Death of mariana. The Indian Rope Trick. The Hippodrome, London. The Indian Thought-reader. Reading the cards. Behaviour of Dogs in the presence of Death. Puripuri (magic). 	Pp.164-186b.	
	Ch.14.  Coco-nuts, once called the “Consols of the east” – The discovery of the platinum field – radio a boon to men out in the blue – Pets on a trading station – A European rogue – Native house-servants – Natives’ sense of locality – Captain Small – The loss of the ‘Kai-Ora’. 	Pp.187-210a.	
	Ch.15.  Another Queer Character – Remarkable Endurance shown by Natives – Also Pluck – “The Haevenly Twins”. 	Pp.210a-227.	
	Ch.16.  Electric Light in the Wilds – The Incalcuable Native – Their Marriage and Burial Customs – The Murder of Chalmers and Tomkins – Are Missions any good – The “gin-soaked” Trader.	Pp.227a-244b.	
	Ch.17.  The “Old-time” Prospectors – Growth of a Gold Town – A Fortune from Osmiridium – Going Native – Why there are no Chinese in Papua. 	Pp.245-260i.	
	Ch.18.  Paradise Plumes. Why they became a prohibited export. Trotter and Armstrong Brothers sentenced to one year’s imprisonment. A crocodile in the Bay. Good mates, and bad. “Goodbye, Papua”. The Call of the Islands. 	Pp.261-299. 	

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