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who drink It fight II IL made from the leaves
OF the kava plant which are first chewed to q

OF the kay6 plant wntcn are llrsC cneWeu TO u
'S Once o an American Sp nsmed George W Noglc
visited the South Sea Islands with u distin-
si.war. Magic Is rsnownei ID his own nom;
for his feats Of peace. iis is THO most noted
"A glass Of wine with you has hr"a prac5
where war was imminent. But in TINT south
Sea Island Nagio drank kayn. lie said a
glass OF knva with yon. your Majesty, srNeraI
en suddsmy NSs the Kn
nounced himself the ruhr. an! Ordered tho
to sants 'hs new Nng "p wr ,' "a
oheyed. lie had to be strapped in u hammock
twenty four hoursto prevent an international
'Y But Dr. raton did not tell that story,
DT. Patton sroksscf tho awful Light, Of The l.,
S M,SRG distress. 'S %hc io" OCCASION tho
ssiona rics almost ns much trouble ms the
original heather Sins they have to overcome.
Those whites. Dr.. Patton says. are TN" OF
Another authority asserts that the murders
Can't, Go2dcaou;h was the natives revenge
i9r the msrGnduct. crgIelty, AMI introiuclon
charged Where those whites have gained
ascenduncy tn" native tribes degenerate from
sn,s,ndid lsirai menho1i; strict nnm2r ana ana
mental and moral dcbasemcnt. aud rapidly
decrease i'll numbers.
found among nil the Mclanosnns once. mud
sun existing on Tanna. is tho club life. Tho
houses. There are various perfectly deilncd
anu well.recognizcd sorin grades in their
rcni at home and ahroai. 4 club man may
20 from Australia del Esrri,n Sant". OF NAL
t[coo. to visit tho bin. Volcano insowa. on
rama. and thnre meet men from Nmhrym
and Lopevi and. although not speaking their
language. II his club grade nt home hr proved
ss9ttsinc,,ory. the strangers will ruD noses with
him with u rub OF entire social equality. as II
club nun and brother.
The difference in the languages Of the tribes.
not only otsrparntc islands. hut Of commune
ti"s ,nhn6,itinE the Same island. is ru2z!ins
the history of tho Melanesinns. Dr. Patton and
MS associates hay" been obliged to translate,
t yns ID nSe I'm into ,sen hterT, anEqHsss and
OF Tanna. who speak two or three different
Ha r, ,n, wholly unlike any Of tn" il't"rn
Patton says he has information that ono. ut
least of tho 'rnnna chiefs has given assurance
lsstod. but be welcome Tho Ckrs,anizod
tribes, those free from tn" influence OF til"
power and thai has sat hc ranna 'h"f 1T"
thinkinE. Besides. the rifles Of iii" Christians
NIL NIL XII Further than any bow and arrow OF,
the New Hebrides group 30 Christian schools
supported by the missionaries and 200 natives
abide cannhalism has ceased, hutfrom Tnnna
stories still come Of cannihalsm; in'an,i.id".
the Christians will make their next assault.
1t would be worth ~ som" Itnnents time TO
tion with that OF natural food supply. Admit
ting man to be a cnrIivorous animal. the war
riors Of tho New Hebrides would have had a
hard time Of it to supply their appetite for
flesh. except for canninnlsm. Where the mis-
sionaries and traders have not introduced do
nestle food animals the rat is the only land
mammal known. and the fish are poor and
some are poisonous, A strapping. healthy;
dead foe with an eve to gastronomic nossi-
bilities whom tho larder contained no flesh ca
| cent perhaps. n lean rat or two.
The idol aud sacred stones illustrated In this
article are among the curiosit es in pr. Pat on's
! possession. The idol Is made OF black hard
| stone: the eyes arc, mother OF ronrl. 1t is
head Of an infant, the body of which it l.. sun
posed to have eaten. One may &c the infants
| head better BY turning. the Hcture upside
| down. This particular idol belonged to IA tribe
| which had worshipped it for many hundreds
| OF years. and it is certain that thousands OF
| human lives have been sacrificed before it.
| Tho sacred stones are also black. and in them
to dwell. Near the end Of each stone some
| figure is engraved. It shows hest in t he illus
| tration in tho smallest stone. 1t is through
that engraving that the spirit is supposed to
| stones are carried before the idol by tho Sacred
| men. and Wi is prayed to while the blood Of
| the human victims is allowedto run in streams
about the idol
DIR. Patton believes that this identical kind
OF idolatry was practtsed in the days OF Isaiah,
and that reference is made to It in these. tho
NTH and sixth verses of Isaiah lvii.:
Are ye not children of transGression. n
seed OF falsehood. ye that inflame yourselves
among the oaks. under every green tree: that
SHAY tho children in tho valleys under the
Of the valley is thy portion: they. they are
thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a
drink offering. thou hast offered an oblation.
Sha he for these tan sHo Gpo1 g.,
| sacrifice