Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 . e three or four miles, and hasvery much the character of those emptying into Mbua Bay. Theriver above the town is about seventy yards wide, and there has beena bridge over it, of which there are, even now, remains. The bridgeappears to have been built on piles made of cocoa-nut trees, of whichthere is still a single row left, supported by stakes on each side. Some of our gentlemen, in their wanderings under the guidance ofthe natives, were desired to come close to them, as a party wasapproachi
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 . e three or four miles, and hasvery much the character of those emptying into Mbua Bay. Theriver above the town is about seventy yards wide, and there has beena bridge over it, of which there are, even now, remains. The bridgeappears to have been built on piles made of cocoa-nut trees, of whichthere is still a single row left, supported by stakes on each side. Some of our gentlemen, in their wanderings under the guidance ofthe natives, were desired to come close to them, as a party wasapproaching; and shortly afterwards, a troop of native women andchildren were seen moving along in single file, some of them labour-ing under excessive loads. The women, in fact, are their beasts of * These stones they call sava. M B U A BAY AND M U T H U A T A. 237 burden, and are every where considered as an article of trade. Manyof the natives were seen with gunshot wounds, received in the latewar. Word was brought in that a native of another village had beenkilled, which created but little FEEJEE WOMAN CARRYING WATER. The soil of the islands around Naloa Bay is gravelly and barren ;it is covered with a growth of small trees and bushes, among whichCasuarina was most abundant. The scenery was quite pretty : thedeep green of the mangioves at the beach rising gradually into thedistant peaks, with here and there some lofty blocks of basalt, joinedwith and toned down by a tropical sky, give an impression little inaccordance with the savage habits of these horrid cannibals. Someof our gentlemen were struck with the number of the singing-birds,and the variety of their notes, some of which resembled those of thesongsters of our own country. At the village of Vatea was the largest collection of canoes theyhad seen in the group, and the natives being fishermen, take par-ticular pride in them. Here the officers saw the operation of making the pottery, which isdescribed in another p
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