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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  that 
  some 
  of 
  their 
  people 
  are 
  very 
  light-colored 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  much 
  exposed 
  

   to 
  the 
  sun's 
  rays. 
  And 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  more 
  so 
  formerly, 
  and 
  the 
  lighter 
  

   portion 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  readily 
  mistaken 
  for 
  white 
  men 
  ; 
  for 
  they 
  were 
  quite 
  as 
  

   light 
  as 
  some 
  white 
  sailors 
  who 
  are 
  much 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  sun. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Calligan, 
  before 
  spoken 
  of 
  in 
  this 
  letter, 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  during 
  his 
  

   forced 
  stay 
  on 
  Easter 
  Island 
  he 
  kept 
  a 
  journal, 
  noting 
  down 
  things 
  which 
  came 
  

   under 
  his 
  observation, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  sent 
  it 
  to 
  his 
  friend, 
  Mr. 
  MacCrellish, 
  of 
  

   the 
  San 
  Francisco 
  Alia 
  California, 
  who 
  will 
  doubtless 
  publish 
  extracts 
  from 
  it. 
  

   You 
  will 
  thereby, 
  perhaps, 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  learn 
  much 
  about 
  the 
  island, 
  written 
  upon 
  

   the 
  spot, 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  freshness 
  of 
  narrative 
  that 
  usually 
  accompanies 
  articles 
  so 
  

   written. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Viand's 
  work, 
  though 
  in 
  French, 
  will 
  also 
  be 
  interesting, 
  being, 
  like 
  Mr, 
  

   Calligan 
  's, 
  so 
  very 
  modern, 
  and 
  written 
  upon 
  the 
  spot. 
  You 
  will 
  find 
  it 
  noticed 
  

   in 
  Harper's 
  Weekly 
  of 
  April 
  26th, 
  1873, 
  before 
  mentioned 
  in 
  this 
  letter. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  very 
  anxious 
  to 
  see 
  whether 
  the 
  characters 
  on 
  the 
  blocks 
  agree 
  with 
  those 
  

   on 
  the 
  sculptures 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Java 
  and 
  other 
  East 
  Indian 
  islands 
  on 
  the 
  

   coast. 
  If 
  you 
  have 
  now, 
  or 
  can 
  get 
  a 
  chance 
  to 
  see, 
  a 
  work 
  on 
  East 
  Indian 
  

   sculptures, 
  please 
  consult 
  it 
  and 
  inform 
  me 
  of 
  the 
  result. 
  

   Yours 
  in 
  haste, 
  

  

  THOMAS 
  CROFT. 
  

   Professor 
  George 
  Davidson, 
  

  

  President 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  

  

  Papeete, 
  Tahiti, 
  April 
  30th, 
  1874. 
  

   President 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences. 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  Yours 
  of 
  the 
  4th 
  ult., 
  requesting 
  me 
  to 
  procure 
  for 
  you 
  photo- 
  

   graphs 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  blocks 
  of 
  characters 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  Mission 
  here, 
  and 
  

   also 
  the 
  scenery, 
  monuments, 
  people, 
  etc., 
  of 
  Easter 
  Island, 
  was 
  duly 
  received 
  by 
  

   me, 
  and 
  I 
  hasten 
  to 
  comply 
  with 
  your 
  requests. 
  Accompanying 
  this 
  letter 
  

   you 
  will 
  receive 
  52 
  photographs 
  in 
  duplicate, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Nos. 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  back 
  

   each 
  other 
  ; 
  Nos. 
  3 
  A, 
  3 
  B, 
  and 
  3 
  0, 
  and 
  Nos. 
  4 
  A, 
  4 
  B, 
  and 
  4 
  C, 
  also 
  back 
  

   each 
  other 
  ; 
  the 
  block 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  taken 
  is 
  over 
  a 
  yard 
  long, 
  and 
  I 
  

   was 
  obliged 
  to 
  have 
  it 
  taken 
  in 
  six 
  sections, 
  three 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  

   the 
  characters 
  should 
  be 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  enable 
  you 
  to 
  see 
  them 
  distinctly. 
  

   Nos. 
  5 
  and 
  G 
  back 
  each 
  other 
  — 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  one 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   block, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  from 
  the 
  other. 
  No. 
  7 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  lithograph 
  in 
  

   possession 
  of 
  the 
  Bishop. 
  No. 
  8 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  manuscript 
  chart 
  of 
  Easter 
  

   Island, 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  Bishop. 
  This 
  chart 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  

   officers 
  of 
  the 
  Chilian 
  corvette 
  O'Higgin 
  in 
  1870, 
  as 
  stated 
  on 
  the 
  chart 
  ; 
  the 
  

   names 
  having 
  been 
  corrected 
  by 
  the 
  Bishop 
  personally, 
  from 
  information 
  derived 
  

   from 
  the 
  islanders 
  themselves 
  now 
  in 
  his 
  employ 
  here. 
  No. 
  9 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  

   part 
  of 
  an 
  engraving 
  contained 
  in 
  Harper's 
  Weekly 
  of 
  April 
  26th, 
  1873, 
  which 
  

   please 
  see, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  interesting 
  and 
  truthful 
  ; 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  lithograph 
  were 
  taken 
  

   by 
  Lieutenant 
  Viaud, 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  frigate 
  La 
  Flore, 
  Admiral 
  de 
  Lapelin, 
  on 
  

   the 
  occasion 
  of 
  said 
  Admiral's 
  conveying 
  away 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  busts 
  from 
  Easter 
  

  

  