, 1880-09-26
THE HAPPY ISLANDS.
Annexed BY France-capt. Cooks
Second Garden Of Eden.
The Women Of Easy Virtue, and the
Men ALI Thieves,

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London N'nes stpt- p
On the e9th of June last the Socicry Islands
were dehnittsely annexed to france; For tnfss aasn
established. through the convention s'eneo IN
Thouars The direction Of all the external af-
fairs OF tne ntele etate was EXERCISES ~ rhss s
double authority has now come to an end Ine
French protectorate has been replaced by
AN afa41Ar, sovEnE1osrY
a" A@4oAn - -. -. n.s 49, 1,e+1
through 1ne act q tue h1ne' o'aa ~ -
an act, says the Temps, accomplished OF MS own
free will, accepted by the Commissary OF the
Era,,h Corar,.nant and hailed with enthusi-
1.n ~ ~,r.n..s.- x,>-,,,,st.on pomsr4v re-
asu by the Iah1tian popu4a'.ou' ioe m
tanlns the ,son omina1 q has potieal
+,,.,a,+o,..,o Int rbo incident carries the
ampos.ance7 ou' .s.. ~ T.. ,rt;c., +ha 1tee,mflar
thoughts oacA ~ oee'4e' -. ~ c.,4.
figures OF Capt Cook, ana Bllgn, ano Catasuan,
and II. Gutzot, and Sir Robert Feel blend and 'n-
terchange- Capt Cook and his chronlclefs nao
little romance in their composition. They we're
brave, and rcsolute, and truthful. But the
reader Of naffat1ses OF tne sieae clisu!nae ~
tors achievements misses in them the a1nge OIL
rusadns ch'ay ~es sas a3en@a the no
,,r1s,oned +han,. in honor of the Royal Society
h;e had odSised + sc1nedidon sur1rised even
lis weather~worn faccy with a
REVELATION or E1Qu1s1r BEAUTY
End excited him to flights Of almost poetic en-
the quiet waters within their protecting coral
reefs, are II happy region. abounding in luxu-
1iant valleys and diveEsi1odwit Jagged. ptcr-
ursquc mountains To the English sailors
fresh IRON the forlorn squnlor of Terra del
Fucgo, and the perils OF breasting Cape Horn.
they seemed a vision OF Eden. They saw Ill
SORTS Of exquislt fruits sprinsng
and the sea, and the people appeared to them to
y Bsa S ass his th era AT id
llis. brow" The islanders had but to put out
their hands and gather. in the cool and pleasant
woods, and natural gardens encircling their
hnts n urofusion Of ylms, bananas, cocoa-nuts,
b,ead-fr7lit. and twenty stranger grOWths. each
seeming more delicious than the rest For
variety OF 1eu taetE ~ wef y i,.e; :fs piS -
fGmsi E1,st 1am a hetr on,v labor vas to launch
3neis cnoSs On 41ti 70 ,i,at III. AZ, @no ot ~
land anu mui!1tnqe q OF aeiicate nsn.
THE NATIVES OF THESE DELIGHTFUL ISLES
were fitted to their abodes Their complexion
Eas a clear br1lnetp their skin most smooth
ana soft, their teeth perfectly even and white.
snsrk,mT With IRE and sometimes meltinr with
softness.' They were tall and erect in stature,
most Of their less material characteristics they
were scarcely inferior to their country and their
physical attributes Their personal cleanli-
humanity. which had not vet learnt the
Virtues of cold water. Capt Cook found, more
over, their department. liberal and their behav7,
courteous. In disposition they showed them
selves braye open and candid, without either
suspicion OF trcachery, cruelty, OF revenge: Two
The point Of honor among their women was rot
what tt is among Europeans, and they were ali
thieves. When that is allowed they need not
much fear u competition with the people OF any
other nation upon earth"
LOOK Was mol Ine Q1'gana1 4sGo'gter M 9I tna5
!use'3 KNup. 1aLt1 - OanISeE' 1cno 1 P.IGci'aA
3sIand ma oeen s,stea So early as 1 W. 9y span
Wallis o. a1s MaJestys SNIP Jolpnn 43 vans
named it kng @ George the Inirds d5 Island Bnt
ain
AFFECT TO EXERCISE RIGHTS or SOVEREIGNTY
over its shores British ships made it their stu
ocean @ after I tas;inS the o. pieasures i Of Ills IS enc
chanted home of many Armilas which pro-
voEed the Mutiny Of The Bounty: The ships,
however. of other natiouallttes were equally
free to use irs harbors; and French Catholic as
well as English Protestant missionaries Gu
oenvored, with equal success, or absence Of it.
peraments Of the population Religious rival
fies combined With the rise Of a colonizlng am
I,lfinn In 0rieanist France to bring tha archf-
pej1go once more within the ranee Of European
interestr French politicians, emulo1s Of
british commercial prosperity, ascribed it
to En9iish yfpiIance in searchInr out and
preocc11Dy-fno fhe waste places of the world
They looEed TO Poiynesia to redress the bal
ance. An e,periment was first tried On the
southern of INC New ZeaIand islands~ Can't
Inn0}nis AZ Hayre in 1sSS had pntafned frnm
tic Maori Chfefs a ccssion of territory to the
French mOuArchy. England had futcrpOSed so
peremptority rs to cause the abandonment OF
the enterprise, and French suscept1bilues con-
6oled themselves ny anne1auons IN anotner
quarter. The Maroucsas. frequent resort OF
French Whaiers, we're occupied. and beginning
was made towards
EXTENDING FRENCH SUPREMACY
RI t1,o Snc3ot1 1s1ands The islands had adontad
nr;nr to rh;s datn = eernfjanca ~ Enrnnean ad-
ministrat5on. and e. Queen. Pomar9 reivned' in
ISL over The whole. She had succeeded in ISL,