. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. GOING TO CHURCH.—RIVER SCENE. Inside the hut the floor was covered with plaited rushes, and therewas a low partition of reeds dividing it into two nearly equal spaces;one of these was used as kitchen and sitting-room and the other forsleeping; but there was no furniture in either place beyond three orfour of the wooden pillows already described. I
. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. GOING TO CHURCH.—RIVER SCENE. Inside the hut the floor was covered with plaited rushes, and therewas a low partition of reeds dividing it into two nearly equal spaces;one of these was used as kitchen and sitting-room and the other forsleeping; but there was no furniture in either place beyond three orfour of the wooden pillows already described. In one corner of the 176 THE BOY TRAVELLEKS IN FEEJEEAN HEAD. kitchen was a rough hearth,with some clay pots in whichfish and yams were cooked. Partly by signs and partlyby the words want eat, thehost invited the youths tostay to dinner. They ac-cepted, more to see how andupon what the natives liverather than on account ofhaving an appetite. Fire waslighted on the hearth, or rath-er it was stirred up fromsome slumbering coals, fishand yams Avere put on toboil, and in a little while themeal was ready. Frank andFred made friends with the children, to whom they showed theirwatches, and made a few presents of silver coin as an indirect com-pensation for their dinner, and when the meal was ready they proceededto enjoy it. One of the children had been sent for some banana-leaves,which served as plates; on these leaves the fish and yams were dishedup, and a piece of rock-salt was brought out, together with a shell, withwhich each guest could scrape off as much salt as he liked, and when-ever he wanted it. The youths made a practical demo
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