﻿ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
  323 
  

  

  Island, 
  and 
  which 
  he 
  brought 
  here, 
  afterwards 
  took 
  to 
  France. 
  I 
  called 
  

   him 
  Admiral 
  Roussen, 
  in 
  mistake, 
  in 
  my 
  first 
  letter 
  to 
  the 
  California 
  Academy 
  

   of 
  Sciences. 
  No. 
  10 
  and 
  No. 
  11 
  are 
  two 
  groups 
  of 
  natives 
  of 
  Easter 
  Island, 
  

   dififerently 
  taken, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  imperfection 
  of 
  the 
  camera 
  used, 
  which 
  was 
  

   a 
  French 
  instrument. 
  The 
  photographer 
  is 
  about 
  to 
  receive 
  an 
  American 
  

   camera 
  from 
  California, 
  when 
  he 
  hopes 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  large 
  photographs 
  in 
  a 
  bet- 
  

   ter 
  manner. 
  Nos. 
  12 
  are 
  two 
  different 
  photographs 
  of 
  the 
  natives 
  in 
  the 
  act 
  

   of 
  making 
  fire, 
  taken 
  just 
  at 
  the 
  moment 
  of 
  producing 
  fire. 
  One 
  of 
  them 
  

   holds 
  his 
  hat 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  wind 
  from 
  cooling 
  the 
  groove 
  and 
  blowing 
  away 
  

   the 
  fine 
  wood 
  dust 
  which 
  is 
  produced 
  by 
  the 
  rubbing, 
  and 
  which 
  forms 
  

   the 
  tinder 
  ; 
  another 
  holds 
  the 
  stick 
  rubbed, 
  to 
  prevent 
  its 
  being 
  disarranged, 
  

   and 
  the 
  third 
  has 
  just 
  finished 
  the 
  rubbing. 
  No?. 
  13 
  and 
  14 
  back 
  each 
  

   other, 
  and 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  archives 
  of 
  the 
  Academy. 
  Nos. 
  15, 
  

   16, 
  17, 
  18, 
  19, 
  and 
  20, 
  are 
  portraits 
  of 
  Easter 
  Island 
  natives 
  as 
  they 
  now 
  dress. 
  

   in 
  the 
  employ 
  of 
  the 
  mission 
  here. 
  Nos. 
  21 
  and 
  22 
  back 
  each 
  other. 
  No. 
  23 
  

   is 
  a 
  photograph 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  Bishop, 
  some 
  time 
  since. 
  I 
  have 
  

   procured 
  two 
  copies 
  to 
  send 
  to 
  you, 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  interesting. 
  The 
  gray-bearded 
  

   priest 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  two 
  priests 
  who 
  were 
  formerly 
  on 
  Easter 
  Island, 
  

   and 
  who 
  are 
  accused 
  by 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  islanders 
  of 
  causing 
  that 
  act 
  of 
  van- 
  

   dalism, 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  records. 
  On 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  him 
  stand 
  

   the 
  two 
  husbands 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  women, 
  and 
  the 
  fathers 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  small 
  children, 
  

   whose 
  mothers 
  hold 
  them 
  in 
  their 
  arms. 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  portraits 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   women 
  taken 
  larger, 
  (Nos. 
  19 
  and 
  20) 
  so 
  that 
  you 
  can 
  better 
  see 
  their 
  features, 
  

   and 
  also 
  the 
  husband 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  them, 
  (No. 
  19) 
  who 
  is 
  No. 
  16, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  you 
  

   may 
  see 
  his 
  features. 
  The 
  other 
  one 
  refused 
  to 
  be 
  taken. 
  In 
  No. 
  23 
  you 
  also 
  

   may 
  see, 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  another 
  priest, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  blocks 
  from 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  

   had 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  photographs 
  taken. 
  You 
  may 
  also 
  see 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   persons 
  of 
  difTerent 
  natives, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  idols, 
  paddles, 
  and 
  implements 
  used 
  by 
  

   the 
  heathen 
  priests 
  in 
  their 
  worship. 
  

  

  Both 
  the 
  Bishop 
  and 
  myself 
  would 
  be 
  extremely 
  pleased 
  if 
  you 
  would 
  send 
  us 
  a 
  

   copy 
  of 
  the 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  containing 
  my 
  

   letters 
  on 
  this 
  affair, 
  to 
  be 
  preserved 
  as 
  a 
  souvenir 
  of 
  passing 
  events, 
  and 
  as 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  in 
  a 
  printed 
  form 
  the 
  information 
  which 
  I 
  and 
  others 
  have 
  collected. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  C. 
  B. 
  Hoare, 
  the 
  photographer 
  here, 
  wishes 
  me 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  he 
  will 
  pre- 
  

   serve 
  the 
  negatives 
  from 
  which 
  all 
  these 
  photographs 
  have 
  been 
  taken, 
  and 
  if 
  

   you 
  or 
  any 
  of 
  your 
  friends 
  wish 
  any 
  more, 
  he 
  will 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  furnish 
  them 
  at 
  a 
  

   much 
  lower 
  price 
  than 
  he 
  is 
  obliged 
  to 
  charge 
  for 
  these. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Bishop, 
  in 
  your 
  name, 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  photo- 
  

   graphs, 
  as 
  some 
  compensation 
  to 
  him 
  for 
  his 
  kindness 
  and 
  trouble. 
  I 
  feel 
  cer- 
  

   tain 
  that 
  I 
  shall 
  receive 
  your 
  approbation 
  for 
  so 
  doing. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  retained 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  jihotographs, 
  numbered 
  and 
  marked 
  

   precisely 
  like 
  yours, 
  so 
  that 
  if 
  you 
  need 
  any 
  more 
  explanations, 
  or 
  wish 
  to 
  order 
  

   any 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  them, 
  you 
  need 
  but 
  state 
  its 
  number, 
  when 
  I 
  will 
  look 
  at 
  

   mine, 
  and 
  understand 
  you 
  perfectly. 
  

  

  Proc. 
  C.u,. 
  Acad. 
  Sol, 
  Vol. 
  V.— 
  '21. 
  Dkckmbbb, 
  1874. 
  

  

  