FIJI-NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITION 167 
arated, but kept in touch by shouting at intervals. After another 
hour or so we gained the bed of the stream where we slipped, 
crawled and fell by turns. The water was cool and refreshing. 
Farther down the pools became too deep and we had to detour 
through the bush again and again. It was getting late, we had 
visions of spending the night insufficiently clothed among swarms 
of mosquitoes. Our impatient horses were only a half mile away. 
Finally the stream widened; we saw a taro patch and beyond it 
a cow paddock. Soaking wet with perspiration, footsore, and with 
hands bleeding, we climbed our mounts and galloped on. We had 
a new idea of the bush and were quite convinced that the dry side 
of the island is not barren by any means. 
Mr. Sanders told us that this grass and bush is the home of 
droves of wild pig. They are the descendants of some pigs freed 
on the island by Captain Cook over one hundred years ago, The 
natives, and occasionally the Europeans, organize hunting parties 
and an exciting time is had with dogs and guns. There are no 
large wild animals in Fiji and it is thought that the introduction 
of the pig as a substitute for human flesh had much to do with 
the suppression and elimination of cannibalism. 
In the Penang valley are several mounds of considerable size, 
usually of a reddish color. They are evidently much weathered 
small voleanic cones. The soil on one of them is unusually red. 
The Fijians’ love of a good story explains its origin. It seems 
that an old chief once upon a time had two indolent sons who 
killed a favorite rooster of their father’s that his early crowing 
might not disturb their sleep. His blood stains the hill to this 
day. In order to escape the father’s wrath they put to sea in a 
hastily constructed boat which had a very tall mast. A storm 
overturned the boat and the long mast fell across the Rakiraki 
range for could we not see the dent made by it just above Suicide 
Rock where the spirits of the brothers haunt the place nightly? 
The natives give this spot a wide berth. 
In pursuit of the investigations in Fiji several persons rendered 
aid in one way or another. Mention has been made of the gener- 
ous and efficient help of Colonial Secretary Mr. Fell and his 
official staff without which little could have been done beyond the 
immediate environs of Suva. 
_ Mr. C. H. Wright, government chemist, gave us a much needed 
and convenient room in his laboratory for storing and packing. 
He also loaned books and maps and accompanied us on a very 
