Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-29
PUEBLO WORLD TRAVELLER SENDS
FIRST LETTER TO THE CHIEFTAN
Continued from Preceding Pare,

~ vida. OF sea wash lava pebbles from
the si1e OF pea to that of Z mans
head It is the only place on earth I
have ever seen that phenomenon OF
sea building.
Tho piece do redatancs Of Papsetss
Is IL market place. which !. = hug.
shed. erected by ths government Tho
dawn Il Il the proper thing to Eet
up At to SOC It. Most Of the ship's
ps.seneers did Il. and l believe all
fishes. meat melons, bread and some
fruits. but the greater part of the
fruits are on the street. in oleverly
constructed baskets. made of the leaf
Of the palm. split In strips and braid
them are lined up and their owners
sit on the ground behind them. maxi
ing ono OF the most Interesting pic
lures of tropical MERCHANDISING have
ever seen. The fiahes are OF many
varietiea and all colours, from pure
whitr to very black. pink. red and
blue. streaked and striped but tho
strangest thing were the Ostopi with
their feet and legs folded carefully
about their bodies. and tied with
five feet long. and selling for Fr. .
per vine. The Octopi arc shall when
folded. az = Tahitian fisherman
knows how to fold them. and are
about 4 inches long. NotwithstAnd-
ing all the horrid stories we have
hear and read to tho contrary. they
arc very good eatinE. Hero are some
Of the prices Of some Of tho things
offered on the market:
II Twenty nice Mackerel Fr. !; other
each: bread fruit, 8 for a Franc;
watermelons. Weighing s lbs. FIR. /;
Mangoes, big AZ geese eggs, 30 for
Frs. 2; IL Avacoda Pears, inches IN
diameter and inches long for Frs.2;
little measiey ones In Los Angeles
be compared in flavor with Tahitian.
20 fine fat juicy bananas. Fr.: 8
big. rich papais for FIR. 2: rs lines In
a basket for Fr. 2.
One especial attraction in the
chunks. the head and neck Weighing
z to 10 lbs. for Frr. 3. Tho
cuts of steak Fr. per lb. Hotels in
Papeetee are all good. and the rates
are FIR. Is per day for room and meals
with privilege of q common bath. Some
of the Tahiti passengers stopped
there for over a month. and were well
pleased. and say It is a splendid place
for people with NERVES. The natives
arc attractive and clean looking. and
the whites who live among them speak
well of theU.
We loft Papeetas on tho 18th. and
miles to Raratonga, ono of the Cook
group of islands belonging to New
Zealand. There In no wharf there, 80
We anchored about half a mile from
shore A rough sea was running and
the passengers were told II tho wind
at any moment. / did not dare take
the risk Of being left there for two
months. 80 stayed on board 81 hours
in plain view OF tho beautiful shore
and a nice village, whose streets were
alive with the most Interesting peo-
ple.
Some Of the oficfals Of the island
came on board and went with us to
wellington and told many Interesting
, things about these people They are
d Industrious. honest, honorable. clean
and loyal. When asked for their faults.
why their standard OF sex morality was
very low: that ir when a child was
born out of wedlock. neither OF Its par
ents were disgraced. and tho child was
. given a good homo in n. respectable
fnm!ly, and even It was not disEraced
or scorned. Tho Official confessed to
mo these lapscs were not frequent. and
: pcr capita were not as common rs In
Enlgand or New Zealand. Another
strange thing. and Christianity very
wrong was. parents sometimes gave
their own children away and took other
children. Hero seems to me is n pucs-
have known cases where parents seem
. TO think more OF Other peoples chill
drcn than their own.
It is 1900 miles from Raratonsa 20
wellington. On the way We crossed the
lsoth degree of longitude. going to bed
Tuesday night, and getting up Thurs
day morning. tho wo had slept our
usual hours. and New Zealand was in
sight We steamed all day in sight
OF hcr brown hills. and dropped anchor
in the roadstead at Wellington at
p m. January q. 1t took us till nine
O'Clock to get thru the Immigrant Of
ficcrs. Some say the United States Is
bad for foreigner to get into. l hope
no worse for n decent one than II was
for mo TO get into New Zealand. for
! I filled sheet after sheet of paper. toll
ing OF my family tree and that OF my
wife. and when II developed that one
OF my great grand-fathers was "A Ger
man, 1, became almost serious. One
! Austrian passenger tho a nationali1cd
citizen of tho United States for over
N yearr. was detained two full days
before being allowed to go ashore His
passport was regular. his photo good,
ard ho was willing to swear on the
| Eiblc as we all had TO in Now Zca-
land. that he would be good while he
stayed there and let them know when
| he was leaving.
Before leaving the Tahiti want to
pay trfbute to Cartaln DaSio iouu,
/ tho commander. for in all my journey
ings with French. German. Austrian,
American. Spanish, Norwegian. Rus
sian. Icelandic. Chinese, Japanese or
i British. havo I found so hospitahle.
thoughtful. painsctaking. fairminded.
! impartial n commander. He toadicd
to none. and neglected none. a plcn-
SAINT greeting to all. and usually an
extra pIcasantry to tho sea-sick. He
was commander. ard everybody knew
It. .Hs Is tho most democratic autocrat
/ have ever met. Each of his passen-
| gers wcre tho same to him. He hated
sham and pretence. and tho he had tho
same pleasant greeting for the British
| Colonel. who affected his 'aahs" and