Islands far away; Fijian pictures with pen and brush . together, andjumped over hand in hand, believing that in this way theywould be united in the next. The woman was killed, butbushes caught the man, and he was rescued, and still by leaping from heights is not uncommon in Fiji, andlove affairs are the usual cause. I tried to get some sketches, in spite of the showery weatherand the crowds, but it is not possible to obtain any view that 176 Islands Far Away. gives much idea of the place, as it is so completely in a basinwith the mountains rising abruptly all round. Coming home i
Islands far away; Fijian pictures with pen and brush . together, andjumped over hand in hand, believing that in this way theywould be united in the next. The woman was killed, butbushes caught the man, and he was rescued, and still by leaping from heights is not uncommon in Fiji, andlove affairs are the usual cause. I tried to get some sketches, in spite of the showery weatherand the crowds, but it is not possible to obtain any view that 176 Islands Far Away. gives much idea of the place, as it is so completely in a basinwith the mountains rising abruptly all round. Coming home in the dusk, having lingered rather latesketching, I was startled when a swarthy figure, with a bushyhead of hair, and dressed only in long green fresh grass hunground his waist, slipped out from behind a rock, and laid hishand on my arm. It was not long before I discovered whathe wanted, for he looked beseechingly in my face then pointedto my sketch book. I opened it and showed him the pictures,which he gazed at with intense appreciation and AN INFANT PRODIGY. In the evening, our host said his tiny son would like toperform a meke for us. He looked a shy baby of about we signified our interest however, he placed himself uithe middle of the fioor, and went through the most extraor-dinary performance. His audience was entirely forgotten,and he recited the long chants, and went through all theelaborate motions of all the figures, with the perfect precisionof a grown-up man. Even the Fijians present, who couldunderstand everything, were amazed. I gave the child a bluenecklace, with which he was delighted, and when I held it out Trooping off with the Crowd. 177 to him he seized it much as a monkey would have done, andwith as Httle show of thanks. With three men carriers, we set off next morning, August30th, for Numbumakita. The people were now troopingaway in all directions, and we came upon companies of themeverywhere as we passed along the roads. The women apol
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