The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 486 AUSTEALASIA. and American dealers, and next to their mother tongue, the natives are most familiar with English, originally introduced by the Protestant missionaries. The orange, first planted here by Cook, has become the chief agricultural resource of the Archipelago, while the guava, introduced in 1818, now runs wild, covering the slopes of the mountains with impenetrable thickets. The cotton, coffee, and sugar plantations of Atimaono and other districts have proved an utter failure since th
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 486 AUSTEALASIA. and American dealers, and next to their mother tongue, the natives are most familiar with English, originally introduced by the Protestant missionaries. The orange, first planted here by Cook, has become the chief agricultural resource of the Archipelago, while the guava, introduced in 1818, now runs wild, covering the slopes of the mountains with impenetrable thickets. The cotton, coffee, and sugar plantations of Atimaono and other districts have proved an utter failure since the dispersion of the 4,500 Chinese contract labourers employed by the Fig. 217.—Papeete. Scale 1 : 35,000. lasb cr breenwich 154° 14' 154° 15' EU Reefs exposed at low water. 0to32 Feet. Depths. 32 to 80 Feet. 80 to 320 Feet. 320 Feet and upwards. 1,100 Yards. speculators. About a thousand of these have settled down as petty dealers and gardeners. About 50,000 acres, or one-fifth of the large island, are estimated to be avail- able for plantations. All these lands lying on the seaboard or on the first slopes of the hills, are easily accessible by the highway, 115 miles long, which winds in a double circuit round the twin islands of Great and Little Tahiti. But at the south-east extremity of the latter this romantic route is interrupted by precipices, and here the surf, driven by the trade winds through a large opening in the fringing reefs, has to be crossed in frail outriggers. The western part of Great Tahiti, between Papeete and the plantations, will soon be reached by a railway from the capital. A little fort has been erected on the isthmus of Tararao, which connects both islands, and which is the most convenient site for the centre of administration. Fort Phaeton, in this southern district, is far more spacious and
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