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and plants for museums at home, and others to wander at random 

 about the villages along the coast, revelling in the peaceful at- 

 mosphere which surrounds these people from birth to death. 



Graham and Paul spent the following Monday in collecting 

 biological specimens. A guide was furnished by the chief who 



A Samoan Girl 



Spends half her time in the water, either fishing with a spear under the water of the reef 

 or bathing in the stream near the village. 



had entertained the party over the week-end, and before they 

 returned to the ship they had walked over a greater part of the 

 Island, crossing the mountains several times. A large number of 

 native birds were secured for the National Museum and a good 



