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way up the hill and SEQ rains whirins in the

breeze; from tho jttom Of some cave, where
look nut T St a.
bushes toss and the lanas stream on the next
cane; faint sir Of human lie animst Is the
women wade mil fisl. an ,y"u may hear them
singing At thoir occunation: or one stros
her dripping kilt. and, as you pass
ssalutation ami u hisl.pltehcd laugh. Per;
new whaicoaIs ' spread thu" " itt.whie sails
in u race. Or perhaps YOU encounter on the
"f tar". cooked pig triced ."y tie feet to pole
and carried ON the slou!d.rs If twJ men. rs
walk ~ bronze young gentlemen. equipped
with a bow and arrow t. cn"sn iish; The sport
patter on The margin oi tho Ivac stand and
gaz, on outlying rocks. or wade in the bright
charged and recovered and the fish .scorn to
Withdraw; For In this method nf chnso the
situation ,h md tine huptS s the
is not popular with gentlcmcn Of tha Amer:
can navy ,Tney say 1t Is hot !eycrish. and
IRE said to lanEuisli ,f"r the Joys Of poker.
coul,l walk Lifetime on these shores. and IL
must condos cend to any r;tstimc. let me rather
pursue fish and recover bloc less arrows
The turn Of the lind from Swimming Point
trees and rocks. .hard by the water; YOU may
tree and play with the linnns as YOU battle; the
cnres seem private MS n chamber, tho he4t Of
Goat island Where the stars aud strirSs we're
first displayed. stands detached from Ohserva-
tory Point commands thu litrhnr up and down.
hns u look to s.hwarI. and enjoys the breeze
nli day.. You Chamber round tn. foot Of the
low elf Over, against the island. and ut once
the trade strikes you full. the sound OF the sea
iedoubles. tho air SMELL. suddenly salt. and
you soc before you the heads and the open
%csap. h bench curves y toward tn nearer r
scattered hou seq. one OF them In runs. mark
the sit, Of n decnyins hamlet, and two streams
be overleaped such as may reach maturity in
so narrow an,lislc;. The place, is very desolato
Judge and one s' day were i"inrd upon r this
beach by II boy. an old ally and satellite. Mana
his name. a slender. shrewd. s.,ntlemanly
a. snaSi sss ss%sf Ssysnd the hassss We
ages and r;.ses Of men. elderly Whites and
sShtye tn SAMOAN n, n%y Lsgan to IT,, dig
entity began t" people It With our distinsnis she'd
party, Here was tho Judge by the helm: here
T"ies 'sI Where Msns ts @hsf We %,
asked. Tho figure Of Mnua was ado led. ut the
was stra spEyn With ororSna land
play: how often i'll the pnst l had taken
part in similar business. and on how many
beaches OF the world a similar sceno was then
even rs thought, for Maua began presently to
model in relief: the huE1.. 'orm was his sub
lect. and ms no went on with it he eNpOMndcd
his work t. the jus go anc the Writer Of Tales
There are some tat"s not to Lc written; AMI the
the number wondered. and was the, more
foolish. But night or two before had seen
for the first time an indecent Samonn dance
The houS" WAS full OF spectators. among tho
join in the singing and beat time, 1t was sin
gulnr to look around on all these shaver heads
Of chillren waG-ing and little hands clapping
the tattoo; tn hear the shriil young laughter
rise ill-tavoredlyand to rem ember the Jest they
laughed. at was. the exposure Of their sisters
such experience mlde the child secure Of sym
puthy from his elders.
We fingered In pangopanGo with purpose
we were there indeed to make history, which
has always ueen the work ot timn. The admir-
able harDor. one If the few really good road
was Ion: since. cedei to the States: 1t re-
NAMED to acquire upon its shores the neces-
sary land for an establishment: and in this.
which tho Judge hal come to SETTLE nm un-
looScd-for difficulty nrcsa Swimming Point is
knoll. projecting into decpisi, water. clothed
long IL" burial place Of cheftains. These
graves Were thu stumbling block in the begin
ming and remained so till the end. And even
after. even when tho bnrgain WAS made. the
lan I,f solo; the money counted, eounsels were
question OF the ancestral relics.
>, 1t was dusk when We came to the village Of
FanGatonga to conclude this affair. Lights
were in all the houses. the evening hymn
was singing. the dinner ready but not yet