Samoa 'uma, where life is different . with the cook boy. A dinner table was a lesson in geography. Thethings set out to eat might come from the most dis-tant regions, in fact, they usually did. In nothing didthis oddity more clearly appear than in the visit of thelone circumnavigator, Captain Joshua Slocum of theSpray. His last port of call had been Robinson Cru-soes Island of Juan Fernandez, where he had takenin a supply of the mammoth onions, which must everprove a strong reminder of that distant spot. It hap-pened that just then we had a sack of New Zealandpotatoes when the Captain came to
Samoa 'uma, where life is different . with the cook boy. A dinner table was a lesson in geography. Thethings set out to eat might come from the most dis-tant regions, in fact, they usually did. In nothing didthis oddity more clearly appear than in the visit of thelone circumnavigator, Captain Joshua Slocum of theSpray. His last port of call had been Robinson Cru-soes Island of Juan Fernandez, where he had takenin a supply of the mammoth onions, which must everprove a strong reminder of that distant spot. It hap-pened that just then we had a sack of New Zealandpotatoes when the Captain came to make his officialcall. Onions as well as potatoes were a luxury in thetropics, and a satisfactory exchange was speedily ef-fected to general satisfaction. It was in Samoa thatthis lonely seafaring man disposed of the remnant ofhis dinghey, which became a washtub for the laundryof such finer wear as I could not find it prudent toconfide to the mercies of the ordinary Samoan washer-women. The insect life is but one more item in the sum. PAPALANGI LIFE. total of domestic despair. Fortunately flies are rareexcept when the bread-fruit is in bloom, and that hap-pens only twice a year. But the mosquito is a tor-ment, he will not come out into the open, even thelight of a lamp will keep him off at night, but inevery dark place he lies in wait and bites most fiercely,for every bite a stinging blister. Ants are a necessaryarticle of diet, it is impossible to keep them out offood; all tables and cupboards may be set in pans ofsolution of corrosive sublimate, yet the ant seemsproof against such corrosion. Cockroach monsterscreep in dark corners, as long as a finger; they willeat anything, but have a special fondness for eatingout the stitches of shoes and other leather turns pale blue with mildew over night,ones clothing molds unless aired at short intervals;and even that gives no protection against theinsects, which seem to live only in dress goods whenmade up. These are but
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