1. I don’t need a gun. 2. The sun shone brightly high above Maclay’s head. 3. A native stood near him. 4. This was how Miklukho-Maclay met the first people on the first day of his landing in New Guinea. 5. Maclay heard the laughter of men and women and the cries of children. 6. Maclay did not know any of their language.