The morning news., 1899-01-04
TIE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4 1890

moon nils the air with magic light. The
dead silence nl.ed wita he heavy perfume.
IS broken only by the uuceasing pounding
OF ola ocean against the barrier of coral,
sending hollow. rolling boom over the
pallid sea. one by one the lamps go out,
the mosquito rets are spread around the
beadsieads. and Tahiti IS asleep.
TIE American who visits TAHITI for the
/ frs1 time finds himself in a land en-
tirely unlike any other place in The world.
! The conventonaHty Of Introduction there
/ is barred In Papeete. OF course. where
/ The seat of government is situated. and
/ where the foreign consuIs reside. a r.ain
/ form Of society and dress Is Kept up which
( somewhat resembles our New York forms.
/ But out in the districts out In the deep
/ valleys bv the rivers. where tbe cocoanuts
/ grow, and the vanilla and coffee Dlanta-
! lions thrive i'm the sun. there is where the
! visitor banishes his foreign customs and
becomes a native. II Is NOT customary to
wait for an invitation before visiting a
! Tahitian. lust 60 Walk INTO his planta-
/ ton. and mn 10 his door Won WIN find il
I omen and vou win nor ne greeted hv a doe
] that loves 70 show his 10th or a eervant
with a salver you will no greeted bv the
/ bost himself bra,,c,- ,,,4,sc,1lor ara er,il-
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,istrs beio!. raT,,a,.od rSho baad is 1aid ON
tba breast ana tbo c,o+,,s ore drawn over
50 as ~ c,aen il down and vo,en the fowl
is serl,ea ~, ii,ioI, snd hot If lnots as if
II bad diad q raaoof,I dna{b
ETsb js generaIIv eatan raw with
sauca moda of Grated cocoanuts ana
lines The idea NAV seem barharous hui
tba dieb is very nalatable. etiu IL must
he remembered that tbe fish caught around
Tabid whore the sea is transparent for
MANY fatboms are different from the fish
of the ann green waters Of the Atlantic
Table there are unknov,n and the feast
&c snroad ON mo Ground on a cloth of fresh
ereen leaves Tba diners sit on MATS
0afor fashion If noseibla> Surrounding
The feast Tbe head of the family thanks
60 in for,ent words for Tho bounty
custom never forpotten in This far ayav
isIa-and then a blacx-eved oirl masses
aro,nd 1,,ith an aTr7f,,l of u,re9tbs nf rod
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