Islands far away; Fijian pictures with pen and brush . ling over thestones in miniature cascades. Ha\ang started so early, it was only aquarter-past ten when we arrived ; andthe magistrate was much surprised, andcould not understand how we had man-aged to get there so soon. He himself hadridden the whole way from Ndarivatu theday before, so as to open proceedings earlynext morning. We had missed nothing,for the council meeting, at which, ofcourse, we could not be present, was be-ginning in the large council house, andthe yangona drinking with which it com-over. The cup-bearer came hurrying for
Islands far away; Fijian pictures with pen and brush . ling over thestones in miniature cascades. Ha\ang started so early, it was only aquarter-past ten when we arrived ; andthe magistrate was much surprised, andcould not understand how we had man-aged to get there so soon. He himself hadridden the whole way from Ndarivatu theday before, so as to open proceedings earlynext morning. We had missed nothing,for the council meeting, at which, ofcourse, we could not be present, was be-ginning in the large council house, andthe yangona drinking with which it com-over. The cup-bearer came hurrying forI was giddy and sick with fatigue, but Icould not disappoint him altogether, so I made a pencil was a most extraordinary guy. His get-up would havebeen masterly for a clown in a pantomime, but it seemed veryout of place for a grave coiuicil meeting, and gave one thefeeling that the savage days were not far off. His nose wastouched with vermilion, and there were patches of black roundhis eyes and mouth, giving a funny astonished expression ;.
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