. Reminiscences of the South seas . ty forbade it. But our feeling of dignity had beenhelped by Meli Hamiltons telling us that the last time shehad gone over the fall, she had struck badly against a rock, andso had her companion, the navy officer; so that with the rainbeginning again, horses were bridled and saddled, and we allstarted for a wet ride in the wet woods, down the slipperypath which we had to take in single file. Fagalo rode withCharley, on Sopos little nag, and the last thing I saw of Otaotawas her bare legs over the back of Awokis horse; he sat be-hind, his arms around her, galla
. Reminiscences of the South seas . ty forbade it. But our feeling of dignity had beenhelped by Meli Hamiltons telling us that the last time shehad gone over the fall, she had struck badly against a rock, andso had her companion, the navy officer; so that with the rainbeginning again, horses were bridled and saddled, and we allstarted for a wet ride in the wet woods, down the slipperypath which we had to take in single file. Fagalo rode withCharley, on Sopos little nag, and the last thing I saw of Otaotawas her bare legs over the back of Awokis horse; he sat be-hind, his arms around her, gallantly protecting all thatremained of her with his little waterproof. And we camehome tired and wet, but having spent a pleasant childlikeday with grown-up children. PALOLO Vaiala in Upolu, Nov. 14th. I broke off yesterday telling you about palolo. I think mywords ended by telling you that even all my liking and admira-tion for Meli Hamilton would scarcely reconcile me to thewriggling of the great tree worms which she crunched at our. GIRL SLIDING DOWN WATERFALL. ISANANA LKAl AROUNDHER BODY. SAMOA REMINISCENCES OF THE SOUTH SEAS 213 last Samoan dinner. Mrs. Lieutenant Parker became verywhite as she saw her and I handed her rapidly something orother, brandy or whiskey, to help the occasion. Palolo has no such horrors. For it we have not had far togo. Only just out into the reefs before us, when, in the earlymorning before the dawn, we rowed out a few yards to find aconcourse of people, in boats and canoes, scooping up witheager hands thin hairlike worms that swarmed in the waterwithin the special hollows of the coral reef. We were more or less ready for the appearance of these littlecreatures who, on a certain day of the year and the moon,appear suddenly with the dawn and disappear with the sun-rise until another year. We were expecting this arrival,which never fails. As I said, it is looked for ahead; it has itsown laws; the scientific ones fail because we have calculatedby our d
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