The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-15

moa, Tonga and Fiji, and In each archi-
pelago it is found only at few partic-
uFar spots At Apia there is half mile
of reef at Matautu Point where the worm
is found, and the next place is no nearer
than Falelatai clear around the western
point of Upolu. AS the worm will not bear
transportation it is necessary to go to the
spot where it is found or else do without
it. Samoans like il so well that they viii
scarcely consent to miss its annual APP
pearance and the joyous gorging which
follows an abundant catch.
There is only one day in the whole year
when palolo is to be found. All the other
days of the year the worm Is absent from
the lagoon waters. Where 1t lives and
how is entirely unknown. 1t is supposed
that it is hidden i'm the corals far below
the surface and there undergoes the trans
formations of its life, but no one knows
for certain Corals have been dredged up
from varying depths, but no palolo nave
been found All that is certainly known is
that on a fixed day they will make start
ingly sudden appearance and within TWO
hours will vanish just as suddenly ana go
no one knows whittier. 1t IS possible 70
commute the exact palolo day. The old Sa-
means are very wise and accurate in this
couonutation It is very hard reckoning
TO follow. and 1t used to be harder than
iris now, for formerly they had no con-
veniences of calendar by which TO Keep
the account. There are certain things
which the flowers tell them in this COM
mutation; the poisoning of certain fra
grant trees gives the first warning that
narolo time is. close at hand. After the
trees have Powered out the trst warning
then must the cons relations be studied
the setting of the belt of Orion, low IN
the northern sky; of other Conscientious
known as the Duck and the Man-these
indicate that
the time Is close al hand Then the moon
presents another factor and one which de-
cides whether to count from the last paloVo
ga or 1884 days The old men know now TO
On all this and without take; hueeo,
Sanloans make precious few mistakes as
to ANYTHING which involves matter oil
something 10 eat. Under the calendar IN
troIucad nv the white people the problem
&c simpnfed. Paloro time is at dead low
water in the night of the third quarter
~ The moon which comes at the end OF
october or the beginning of November.
For weeks the Old men of the Samoan
towns study all the signs; they have point
ed ont the blossomIngs and the consteha
lions. thew have worked over all tneI
| commute lions until they are certain OF the
result. Then they give word that IN So
many nights more the paloio WIZ come
| Thereupon the head of every house ties VI
- n,alnv nabb}es in a sack and takes one
out each night to be certain Of the urne
| The women make ready the nets LOT the
/ great fshing-pieces Of mosquito netting
! mounted as a very shallow sack between
The forks of a short stick, the white men
cloth proving superior to the thin bark
! oIotb of their older custom. On the las;
! dav of waiting the canoes are care1uily
| scrubbed out 10 make sure thai no scales
Of fish or any other waste remain 20 denie
| ,ba vvornny catch The children, for whom
! there would be no room in the canoes, club