Salamaua District
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Curious Discovery In
From Our Own Correspondent.
Rabaul, June 12.
An interesting- discovery has been re ported from the Salamaua district, where Mr. Hall-Best, in entering a large lime stone cave in the vicinity of Mapos village, found many hundreds of native corpses in a wonderful state of preservation, due to the action of the limestone. Most of the bodies were in a sitting position, with chin on hands, and elbows on the knees. It is stated that these caves were at one time the burial grounds of the local natives.