The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-26

for the priest told Capt. Moresby that for many
years the island had been the scene OF fierce
religious wars between the Protestant and
Roman Catholic natives, TIL the former were
defeated, on when the latter faith was estab-
llshed Notwithstanding this, their huts were
small and not clean, and the women seemed
careless OF their appearance" At Fotuna, forty
miles south Of Wallis. they were treated to y
drink Of "a very peculiar character, thus de-
scrbed:
Some Young men brought AVA" species OF
root, dried IN the sun. and the ava bowl, verv
capaclous aud beautifully Gle N, and then sat
down in two rows. aud bitina on large pieces OF
the ava, chewed II till their mouths were full II
water added. The whole " then stirred. and
poured through strdiner Of vegetable fibre.
Then one Of the young men stood up, and an-
nouuced, d" The ava Is ready"
Capt. Moresbv's emotions all this time were
queer, but down Ms throat went the ava. "The
flavor was ike mid mixture Of rhubarb and
maonesia. Two or three Of our young officers
drank a draught right OF, aud the French priest
seemed quite to enjoy It,"
At Mitchell'- Group they found very nice and
Christian people, and here. again. a German.
who told them that In 1891 he was absent for
short time, and found on his return but ATTY
WORKOUT people and children where he had loft
1911 Three large blrks under spanish cOlors,
had appeared OF the islands, from which An old
man had been landed, who told the natives that
they were missionary ships, aud invited them
all on board to take tho sacrament. All tho
able-bo lied men went on board In simple faith.
Again the old nend went on shore and told the
assembled women AMI children that the men
had sent Tor them. and they ware also boz tiled.
Two of the men, one OF Thorn we saw, had CON
trved to jump overbOard-for these Poly
nesinns are quite amphiblous-and swim several
mi la H4Y tn ha iaIa Ia .
the victims are tolling in the gulno Islands OF
Peru. No tidlnss Of them have ever reached
their home.
Ga Aug. 81 they anchored under Amhryn
Island. Cant. Moresby went ashore, anu tried to
yet the natives to visit the snip; hut they never
90 out after sunset, being ,fraid of darkness.
In the morning Mr.. Iayter aud went again.
AMI We bee mc good friends. Ihey sold ~
some OF their clubs, oD which q c-Ital t"n ui
"a gaye vent TO oug spirits, az celebrated the
ehtthtt c"nftHs !, dancing all English war dance
Ii Will re- .diiy ue believed that our frlendshlp
= -icssei RAPIDLY after the exhibition OF such
Kindred customs.
Al MalcOlo, splendid island, several II the
men told us that they hid gone TO Q ieensl nd
IN labor vessels, and having b,en well treated i,
were anxious to 20 again" Capt. Moresby re-
marks as to this that where the LABOR compact
Il perfectly understood and agreed to. much
good may he done by this Informing Ing OF the
savage with a civilized race.
At Darnlcy Island, In Torres Straits. they found
the he tdquarters OF the bfcht de-mor fisheries.
The b6che-dt mer Is large sea slug # Is cut
open. cleaned, and placed on thin iron plates IN
a smoke drying room. rhis delicacy T. for the
Chinese markets. 1he inhabitants here treat
their dead precisely as do the Cdpuchin Friars
in Sicily. They dry the body and then place It
in an otherwise untenlnted dwelling house.
The great exploratory achievement made by
Capt. Moreshy was the discovery Of the passage
now to be known a. " II silisk Pass lge," leading
to Port Moresby," bv Jane ,his wlfss name)
| Island. on the east coast OF New Guinea. "lu
| land locked, many btyed Fairfax otter his
| father harbor," the Bashisk triumphantly
| anchored IN i've ftthoms water, and hundre Is
| of natives, who behaved with tbs almost kind
| ness, nOcked down to see them. There was a
| large village az the entrance Of Port MOresby,
| and the women appeared to be much occupied
| in pottery making. One day there came out 90
| the ship canoe containing a great bundle OF
| PUSHES These they knotted together, and care
| fully measured the length and breadth Of the
ship. Then they slowed away the line and left
with many signs II amazenent. "A most OF
| the villages on this coast we observed that the
| men liked 20 hold our hands a. We walked
through. and that they did NOT wish Ms to enter
their houses. but, II pressed, yielded. and
| awaited u patiently outside"
This i- cert iniy one of the pleas mes book
| of travel that we aave met with for llu- time.
| IL has. of course. special Interest Tor those
learned 600 hyir)sriphy. GEOGRAPHY. ana rtH-
nology; bus ine general reader VIII lAd ample
entertainments and inioTmltion m st pleas IA th
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