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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



Fig 6i. — The S. S. Tofiiti of the Union Steamship Company, which passes the island 

 every six weeks. The mail for the island is thrown overboard from the steamer in a sealed 

 can. (Photograph by Kellers.) 



Fig. 62. — Natives swimming in with the mail in the sealed can. Hence the popular name 

 " Tin-Can Island." The swimmers use long poles as life preservers. (Photograph by 

 George Finau.1 



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Fig. 63. — After the volcanic eruption of igjy the walls of the Catholic Church is all that 

 remains of the village of Futu, on the western shore of the island. The natives had a 

 miraculous escape. (Photograph by Kellers.) 



