Islands far away; Fijian pictures with pen and brush . place. Ratu Saimonilet me get an impression of his kind,but most peculiar, un-English face,and while I painted, he told me allabout canoe and house building, andmany other interesting things. In spite of the rain, we went fora dip in the bathing pool. A stoutnative woman offered to conduct us,and we expected it to be close by, butit proved to be a long way off, andthrough tall grass and weeds, so thatwe were thoroughly wet before we reached it. It was a beautiful place—a large deep pool with aclear river flowing through it; and when for a
Islands far away; Fijian pictures with pen and brush . place. Ratu Saimonilet me get an impression of his kind,but most peculiar, un-English face,and while I painted, he told me allabout canoe and house building, andmany other interesting things. In spite of the rain, we went fora dip in the bathing pool. A stoutnative woman offered to conduct us,and we expected it to be close by, butit proved to be a long way off, andthrough tall grass and weeds, so thatwe were thoroughly wet before we reached it. It was a beautiful place—a large deep pool with aclear river flowing through it; and when for a moment theclouds lifted we saw the grand bluff of rock standing upabove the trees and reflected in the water. I covered up my clothes as well as I could under an um-brella, but they were already pretty wet, and there was nothingdry when I came to put them on again. Our companion wasmuch surprised at our bathing gowns. What do you wantwith a bathing gown when you have got a towellia ? she ex-claimed. But as the towellia remained on the bank, we pre-. RATU SAIMONI DOMBUI. J 54 Islands Far Away. ?ferred having bathing gowns. Tins lovely spot should havebeen visited only by nymphs and naiads, and our friend lookedvery funny, sitting on a rock with her broad stout back towardsus, performing her ablutions in a business-like manner. Inoticed great white scars, forming jagged conspicuous marks•over her dark shoulder blades, and thought she must have met\vith some horrible accident, but was told it would be theresult of an attack of pleurisy, or some other lung trouble,?cured, native fashion, by severe slashing and burning, a remedy?corresponding to our blister or poultice. There was never any risk of men interfering with us whenwe were bathing. They are very particular. In olden daysif a man were found looking at a woman bathing, he waspromptly lynched by her family. They are very modest intheir ways, which makes it pleasant to be among them. Icertainly never saw any impropriety al
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