. The Pacific islanders, from savages to saints; chapters from the life stories of famous missionaries and native converts. and eighty square miles. Thisisland is important because of its city of Apia,which is the capital and commercial emporium ofthe group. This city is unfortunately situated ona bay that lies open to the hurricanes, which blowfrom the north in the months of January, February,and March. Between these two islands is that of Apolima,which is an almost perfect volcanic cone, aboutseven square miles in area. It is surrounded byperpendicular cliffs, through which there is oneopeni
. The Pacific islanders, from savages to saints; chapters from the life stories of famous missionaries and native converts. and eighty square miles. Thisisland is important because of its city of Apia,which is the capital and commercial emporium ofthe group. This city is unfortunately situated ona bay that lies open to the hurricanes, which blowfrom the north in the months of January, February,and March. Between these two islands is that of Apolima,which is an almost perfect volcanic cone, aboutseven square miles in area. It is surrounded byperpendicular cliffs, through which there is oneopening on the northern side, which affordsentrance for but one boat at a time. Its interioris a crater, which is filled with a luxuriant growthof palms and other tropical plants—a secludedparadise, in which, it has been remarked, onemay rest the world forgetting, by the worldforgot. Forty miles southeast of Upolu is Tutuila, seven-teen miles long and five broad, with an area ofonly fifty-five square miles. It has the best bayfor ships in the group, that of Pago-Pago, situ-ated on its southern side, one of the safest and.
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