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NARRATIVE OF THE CRUISE 



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save the Captain. Sturk and Stenstrom fought their way out 

 of the blazing engine-room by raising themselves through the 



Native Chief and His Wife, Apia 

 The chief is wearing a skirt made of the bark of the paper mulberry. 



gaping hole in the deck. The uninjured men dragged the others 

 free of the flames. To save the vessel was out of the question and 

 all attention was directed to the saving of lives. 



