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CHARMS AND FASCINATIONS OF betilient vision. He sits down on fas

HANA. HEVANE.

packing in and, muiling all over his huge conntenance, wags "it from side to side in astonishment.

P. H. Jobinson, general biologist to the St. George Expedition, writes the follow-

Yon white men," he says, "you come ing in the Daily Telegraph:-The St.here and you find everything!" George, which is now on its way home, True modesty on his part; but you carried a number of scientists to the should see him open coconnis, clean, fish, South Pacife on a voyage of discovery and prepare octopus stow for supper!" "He' and investigation organised by the Scien-can certainly give the white men points tife Expeditionary Research Association in these directions. Only this morning

My bodyhood's dreams are realised, the left us for a couple of hears, and came least for a period of three days: "For that hack with two large octopuses and about Lime I am to be a beachcomber on a thirty dish, which he had caught by spent- South Sea beach, and thus "is comesing the

The view as we sit here at the table about While we lay at Fatu Hiva there arrived the schooner, Tercoud with her outside Pascal's seaside residence is captain Alee Doom, as beautiful a little superb. We are in the shade of an old craft as one might expect from her narut, hibiscus tree, the fallen flowers of which almost cover the ground. On three sides which mensThe way of life."

The captain and his brother, the super- of us are waving coconut trees, between cargo, two stupendous men,, dined with which we see the gentle green slopes of us that evening, and very friendly rela- the valley sides, but in front is the bay, tions were established. We met again at with its white sandy beach and its varied Vaizahu, our anchorage on the western water, grey, brown, green, white, and blue. According to the varied sea-four shores of Tahusta. On the northern

of sand, rock, or coral. shore of this island are the only coral reefs found in the Marquésus, and we were naturally desirous of paying them visit. There was no anchorage for the St George, but Captain Doom generous

The reef stetches across the bay with but a narrow gap, and on it the waves of the ever troubled Bordelais Straits break eraselessly. And there across the Straits,

ly offered to take any of us round in his only three miles away, rise the rugged chooner, an invitation which we groedily { cliffs of Hiva Oa, and the long ridges run accepted; for what could be more approback from them to the summit of our old. priate, than to pay our first visit to a

which I clambered a fortnight ago.

coral reef on a real island schooner, a friend Mouat Temetiu, and the precipice schooner with a real shop on board, a shop crammed with trade goods, cloth

Pere Pascal is teaching Crossland and ing, stationery, and patent medicines forming the bulk of the stock, which, Chubb the language of Tahiti in pre- however. also included many an unexpectparation for our coming visit to that. ed treasure, such as typewriters, gramo Visland. The effect is a little overwhel phone records, and other articles of ming, but I manage to grasp that Cross-,

land is a

taata imi veri miti," or, even better, "tanta imi pema iroto ise miti." "You go look for, no see, you find him, see" he shouts in voluble explanation which scarcely explains. But we finally

luxury.

On deck were the receipts from trade in the form of rather odoriferous copra. The clerk in charge, charming Tahitian youth, who surely must turn the heuls of many a fair purchaser, in-gather that the former name implies "Man formacd us that by the end of the voyage who looks for sea-worm," while the latter "Man they anticipated a cargo of copra warth is more comprehensive and means

who looks for everything you see in the 230,0001, of well over £3,000

salt water.

We spent a gay time on shore at Hana Hevane, where we strolled over the reef. turning over rocks and stones and admir. ing the surroundings, but time was too abort for serious scientific work. So in- viting did it appear, however, for such work that Crossland, Chubb. and I peti tioned the skipper for permission to re- turn and to stay there so long as the St. George "remained at Taluata Permis sich was graciously accorded, and so here we are.

ON A CORAL REEF. We are staying with Monsieur Pascal a gentleman half Paumotunn and half, Talitinn: a most pleasant aid gentleman, a retired pilot of the French navy. He now has charge of a big coconut planta tion belonging to the Compagnie Francu- Tahitienne. This means that he has plenty of time on his bands. for the co- conuts grow all by themselves, need very little watching, and, in fact, give no trouble except at the times when the copta harvest gangs come round. His son, very agreeable young man, with a Jamaged arm," performed the same du ous duties in a reighbouring valley

After an excellent supper of splendidly cooked fish we sat and chatted in the failing light and the gathering darkness for quite a long time. The insects wor- ried us a little, but not more so than at home on many a summer's night. Then the full moon rose in all her glory and shone down upon us between the waying coconut fronds. We were taught ¦ many Tahitian words which we have We listened to noted for future use. strange tales of bygone days when the valleys of the Marquesas teemed with inhabitants. The tales were a littlo dia- cult to follow and I regret that I am unable to repeat them, but I know they usually ended up, and when he had mounted the pac-pae it was all up. They killed him and, then they ate him!”-

A NIGHT IN A NATIVE HUT I have spent my first night, in, a real native hut, and the experience was by na means disagreeable. With shutters open to north and south we lund pleasant draught, and, but for the noise of the mosquitos, should soon have been asleep.. I suppose I

The old gentleman has two houses, or by now, for hardened to their bites

huts, of coconut leaves, one close to die shore and a larger one a couple of hundred yards up the valley the Latter he insists on surrendering to use It is aquaint-looking structure, truly native a wooden framework, a roof of coconut leaf thatch, and walls formed of shutters of the same material. The last are hing ed to the roof and can be pushed out on any or all sides as required. There is a sort of bedstead of rushes, and mais a few feet off the door on which two of us can repose the third must make the best of it on the floor.

scarcely feel them,, but I often wish they would fly, more quietly. Twice. I strolled out into the brilliant moonlight and enjoyed: the peace and quietness of the valley. The silence was. broken occasionally by the singing of, a pair of warblers, whose thrush-like notes seemed very out of place at midnight; the surf was breaking heavily on the reel a quarter of a mile away, but its effect was rather soothing than disturbing, and, returning to the but for the second time, I listened to its murmurings until I fell asleep and so continued till morning light. Rising about six,. I came down to the We have been out on the reef all the seaside house and found père Pascal in morning, a wonderful experience, espe- his customary, position, sitting meditative- cially in the company of such an expectly on a packing ease in the midst of bis an Dr, Crossland, with his twenty years domain and contemplating the lagoon. experience of coral reefs. The colouring. We soon had a fire going, a few leaflets of the reef ns. a whole, is not nearly so of coconut to light it, and three or four bright as I had anticipated, but the of the stout bracts which shelter the

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Crossland is pow discovering his catch excight at low water bubbles up under under a microscope, and Pascal père is the pen Water can, therefore, only be watching in awe-stricken admiration over obtained at low tide, and has to be stor bia shoulder, with an occasional, peeped in petrol tins for use during the rest through the lens. He is frankly, amazed of the day.

be has lived in the islands all his life. and yet this is the first time he has ever seen some of these lovely little creatures. While Crossland makes learned scientific notes on his specimens, let me try to des.. cribo one or two in the language of the people.

Breakfast over, Crossland and Chubb have gone over to Motopu, a mile or two away in the next valley, to study another reef there. The tide in high, and we counot get on to our reef for a couple of writing, I am left alone, and here I sit hours, so, pleading no annortunity for under a coconut tree, putting together some of my notes.

THE WHITE MAN'S "LUCK." Our chief finds this morning have been Sunset once more the last we are like three charming nudibranchs. These are ly to see over the slopes of Tiana Hevare ehel-fish without shells, like our alugs The chickens are walking upstairs to their. At home, but instead of the sober brown roost in the old Hibiscus, the breeze dying colour of the land forms, they have, por down, tea is finished-reace and quiet- haps, the most tasteful colours of all bess reign around us. Evon père Paseal marine creatures. The largest, a form of is silent, and its on his packing-cam doris (for a wonder, scientists give really gazing out to sen.. I believe he will be pretty names to these pretty creatures), almost so sorry to lose us as we shall is about an inch lung, of a dove colourbe to leave him. For we have bad a dorted with spota of brown, while its letter from the captain that he will send borns and gills are almost fellow. The the launch for us to morrow morning at

or us to m econd is emuller, but more striking, be 8.30 a.m.

The day has been a blieful one. Writi ing sit back, with large coral-pink patches all over its bag, while the undering till low tide, then a couple of bour side is a ty blue. The third is the gem on the reef, where in the intervals of of the collection-ntov, fet, creamy. whifa chater with a brilliant orange line, and inside that a row of reddish purple spott

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