IN THE PACIFIC. 



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laden with fruit, rich grass under our feet, and 

 many varieties of flowers to greet the eye. The 

 temperature also changed in a remarkable 

 degree, in fact we were in a different climate, 



THE COLONEL'S HUT. 



and it seemed difficult to believe that we were 

 in the same island. 



We at length reached the settlement, con- 

 sisting merely of two or three huts, into 

 one of which, the colonel's own abode, we 

 were heartily welcomed, and refreshed with 

 coffee, whilst a couple of nimble damsels 



