Islands far away; Fijian pictures with pen and brush . fi ii^, . ^ i,?iL. VAILIMA. VAEA. affectionate remembrance of him, forbade the use of firearmson its summit ever after. Samoa is a hot place, and we were nearing the hottestseason. Still, I was very eager to go ashore, and visit boththe house and the grave. We were told that the latter wouldbe very difficult, that the ascent was long and steep, and thatfew people attempted it now. We enquired as soon as we got on shore the way to Vailima,and were told it was more than three miles off, and a pull upall the way. As to the grave, no one seeme
Islands far away; Fijian pictures with pen and brush . fi ii^, . ^ i,?iL. VAILIMA. VAEA. affectionate remembrance of him, forbade the use of firearmson its summit ever after. Samoa is a hot place, and we were nearing the hottestseason. Still, I was very eager to go ashore, and visit boththe house and the grave. We were told that the latter wouldbe very difficult, that the ascent was long and steep, and thatfew people attempted it now. We enquired as soon as we got on shore the way to Vailima,and were told it was more than three miles off, and a pull upall the way. As to the grave, no one seemed to know exactlywhere it was or how to reach it. People shook their heads 226 Islands Far Away. and said, You will never climb all the way up Vaea; it is along way and very steep and there is no road,—^no one evergoes. At last a youth, who could speak half-a-dozen wordsof English, came forward, and said he knew how to go, andcould conduct us, but that it would be impossible to walk thewhole way there and back. The next thing was to find acarriage to take us as far a
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