Legend of Dog's Hill

C. Vogel Lighthouse

THE only lighthouse along the coast of N.E. Papua, running up from Samarai to the border of the Mandated Territory, is the Dog’s Hill, or Cape Vogel. It was instituted by the Anglican Mission many years ago, but is now the responsibility of the Government and na tive boys from the Mission station at Mukawa climb the hill each evening to light the lamps perched on the top of the knob.

An interesting native legend attaches to Dog’s Hill. In the remote past, the people in the vicinity possessed no fire, but as the neighbouring big island of Goodenough had it, they sent a dog across to procure some. The dog duly started home with fire tied on to his tail, but was drowned on the way.

A second dog was sent; he came back on top of a floating stone, and after land ing on the beach, left the stone there, ran up the hill with the fire, and in his haste set the hill on fire. Hence the name Dog’s Hill.

Pastor A. H. Ferris, superintendent of the S.D.A. Mission at Lord Howe Island, arrived in Australia by the Morinda on August 28. He has been a missionary in the service of the Seventh Day Adventist Union for 22 years.