. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. andFred made friends with the children, to whom they showed theirwatches, and made a few presents of silver coin as an indirect com-pensation for their dinner, and when the meal was ready they proceededto enjoy it. One of the children had been sent for some banana-leaves,which served as plates; on these leaves the fish and yams were dishedup, and
. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. andFred made friends with the children, to whom they showed theirwatches, and made a few presents of silver coin as an indirect com-pensation for their dinner, and when the meal was ready they proceededto enjoy it. One of the children had been sent for some banana-leaves,which served as plates; on these leaves the fish and yams were dishedup, and a piece of rock-salt was brought out, together with a shell, withwhich each guest could scrape off as much salt as he liked, and when-ever he wanted it. The youths made a practical demonstration of thetruth of the adage that fingers were made before forks, though notwithout some end the repast they hadsome ripe bananas, and ofcourse the drink that accom-panied the meal was the juiceof freshly picked soon as Frank andFred rose from the mats theyoungsters of the family at-tacked what they had left,and in a very few minutesnothing remained save thelump of salt and the emptybanana-leaf plates. Then feejeean THE SEASONS IN THE TROPICS. 1Y7 there was handshaking all around, and the visitors took their host accompanied them to the road leading back to town, andthere left them, but not until he had pocketed a shilling which Franktendered him. Clouds were forming in the sky, and the youths thought it wouldbe prudent to return to the hotel. They did so, and found the rest ofthe party on the veranda waiting for the promised shower. In a fewminutes the rain came down thick and fast, and the wisdom of return-ing was no longer in doubt. The shower was soon over, however, andthen the sun came out as brightly as ever, though there was no appar-ent change in the temperature. You are in the best season of the year, said one of their newacquainta
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