The national whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1847, 1847-08-06

raue Shorty;F and Shorty looked up to
him with respect, and yielded to him in
most things. Both showed themselves we'll
disposed towards their new laborers, whom
they at once discovered TO be superior to
their station. And they soon found their
society so agreeable, that they were willing
TO keep them 10 do little more than nominal
work. As to msking them efficient farm
servants, they quickly gave up that idea.
As sailor, Typee had little fancy for hts
bandry; and the doctor found his long back
terribly 10 his way when requested TO dig
potatoes and root up stumps, under sun
which, as Shorty id, ewas hot enough to
melt the nose hoff brass monkey" Long
Ghost very soon gave in; the extraction OF
a single tree-root settled him he pleaded
illness, and retired to his hammock, but
was considerably vexed when he heard the
Yankee propose bullock hunting expedi-
ton, in which, as sick man, he could not
decently take part. This was only the pro-
logue to bis annoyances. Mosquitoes, un-
known in Tahiti, abound in Imeeo. They
were brought there, according to native
tradition, by one Nathan Coleman, of Man
tucket, who, in revenge for some iancied
grievance, towed rotten water cask ashore,
and left il in q neglected faro patch, where
the ground was mois. and warm. Musqui-
toes were the result. "When tormen,ed
BY them, found much relief in coupling
the word Coleman with another of one
syllable, and pronouncing them together
energetically." The mosquito chapter is
very amusing, showing the various conical
and ingenious manGuvres of the friends to
avoid their tcrmentors, and obtain nights
sleep. AT last they entered a fishing canoe,
padded some distance from shore, and drop
ped the native anchor, stone secured 10
rope. They were awakened in the morn
ing by the motion of their boat. Zeke was
wading in the shallow water, and towing
them from reef towards which they had
drifted. "The water-sprites had rolled
our stone out Of its moose, and we had
foated away" This was narrow escape,
but nevertheless they stuck to their floating
bedstead as the only possible sleeping place.
A days successful hunting, followed by a
famous supper and Notification under a
banian-tree, put the doctor in good humor,
and he made himself vastly agreeable.
The natives beheld his aggsh pranks with
infinite admiration, and Zeke looked upon
him with particular favor; SO much so,
that when upon The following morning an
order came from ship at Papeetee for a
supply Of potatoes, he almost hesilaled to
tell funny Peter 10 assist in digging them
up. But the emergency pressed, and the
work must be done. So Peter and Paul
were set to unearth the vegetables. This
was no very cruel task, for "the rich,
tawny soil seemed specially adapted to the
crop; the great yellow murphies rolling
out Of the hills like eggs from nest"
But when they were dug up, they had to
be carried to the beach; and TO this part of
the business The lazy Adventures had a spe-
cial dislike, although Zeke kindly provided
them, to tighten their toll, with wha, he
called the barrel macnine--a sort Of rural
sedan, in which the servants carried their
loads with comparative ease, whilst their
employers sweated under shoulder ham
pers. But no alienation G. uld reconcile
the sailor and the physician to this novel
and unpleasant. labor, and the potato digging
was she last piece Of work, deserving the
name, that either of them did A few days
afterwards they gave their masters warning,
greatly TO the yexaiion Of Zeke, although
he received the notice with true Yankee
imperturbabiliiy. He proposed that Long
Ghost, who, after the hunt, had shown con-
siderable culinary skill, should assume the
office Of cook, and that Paul ypee should
only work when it suited him, which
would not have been very often The
offer was friendly and favorable, but it was
refused. A hospi.able invitation to remain
as guests as long as was convenient TO
them, was likewise rejected, and, bent upon
a ramble, the restless adventures left the
vale of Martair. Even greater inducements
would probably have been insufficient to
keep them there. They had been so long
on the rove, that change Of scene had be-
come essential to their happiness The
doctor, especially, was anxious to be off TO
Tamai, an inland village on The borders Of
lake, where the fruits were the finest, and
the women the most beautiful and unso-
phisticaled, in all the Society Islands
Epicurean Long Ghost had set his mind
upon visiting this terrestrial paradise, and
thither his steady chum willingly accom-
panied. 1t was days journey on foot,
allowing time for dinner and siesta; and
the path lay through wood and ravine, I'M
peopled save by wild cattle. About noon
they reached the heart OF the island, thus
pleasantly described. cit was green,
cool hollow among the mountains, into
which we at last descended with bound
The place was gushing with hundred
springs, and shaded over with great solemn
trees, on whose messy boles the moisture
stood in beads"