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" easily distinguishable ; the latter appearing to exist in greater 

 " abundance than I had ever before remarked in any one place. We 

 " saw a building resembling a church, with graves around it, and on 

 " the shore a whale-boat, two things indicative of civilization. There 

 " were also a good many canoes and canoe houses. The Curagoa 

 " was speedily surrounded by canoes with red-headed men, their 

 " hair cut close to the scalp. These natives, who are of a brightish 

 '' brown colour, are very well made, but "^dth faces which, owing to 

 ''■ their extremely flattened noses and very wide nostrils, are by no 

 " means pleasant to look on as compared with the natives of Savage 

 " Island. The greater part of their canoes were small ; I saw one 

 " double one, the ends of which were ornamented with milky cowrie 



" shells {Cyprcea lactea) In the afternoon I went on shore 



" in the dingey. After crossing a reef, where I saw several varieties 

 " of madi-epores, I found a convenient landing-place on a jetty of 

 " coral. On reaching the shore there were a few natives, who 



" treated me with great respect The country appeared to 



" me very pleasing, pretty even, with convenient roads [the island is 

 " the seat of a missionary], or rather paths, in all directions, continu- 

 *' ously shaded either by the leaves of the cocoa-nut tree, the bread- 

 " fruit tree, or the kukui (Aleiintes). The temperature was slightly 

 ** lower than that of the Samoan group, but the air so much drier 

 " that I found it much more enjoyable than at Pango-Pango or 

 " Apia, where I always felt as if I was in a vapour-bath. I saw 

 " but two species of land-shells, very small and like those of Apia ; 

 " the small birds, also, that I killed were similar to those I had pre- 

 " viously met with. I saw fields of yams, of tare of two kinds, sweet 

 " potatoes, bananas of three varieties, and pine-apples not yet ripe. 

 " A hibiscus covered ^vith large yellow flowers was in abundance 

 " everywhere ; the pawpaw apple, orange tree, pammelo or shad- 

 " dock, the lemon, citron, and other trees grow marvellously well in 

 " the island, and yield, it appears, fine large fruit. 2^o trees that I 

 " saw were at all remarkable for their circumference or height. A 

 "species of ti-tree (Drac^ina) here and there showed its flowers 

 " and fruits of a fine red. I also saw some plantations of ava, and 

 " frequently came upon patches of land in good condition for re- 

 " ceiving crops. The ferns did not appear to me very Tiumerous ; 

 " those I saw were of the same species I had previously met with 

 •" in the Samoan Islands. I passed through several villages, and 

 " met a good many natives ; the women for the most part had their 

 " bosoms covered with a sort of small pinafore, which only reached 

 " to the waist, and all of them had their hair cropped so close as to 

 " make them undistinguishable, as far as their heads were con- 

 " cerned, from the men; and, by means of lime paste (cliinam), 

 " they brought the colour of their hair into a kind of harmony with 

 " that of their skin, making their hair of a redder hue than is usual 

 " in Samoa." 



After speaking of some of their industries, and quoting from Erskine 

 a description of their chapel, Mr. Brenchley briefly recounts his call 

 next day upon the Governor to procure horses with which to visit 



