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Lonely cave, being cared for by his devoted wife, .lust 

 when he died and where his mutilated body round its 

 last resting place no one knows, as his wife took the 

 precaution to hide his remains in some lonely mountain 

 place, to protect it from being interfered with, and her 

 ctl'orts, so far, have been successful. 



THE LEPER SETTLEMENT ON THE ISLAND OF MOLOKAI. 



The leper settlement is made up of two villages, on 

 opposite sides of the promontory. From the very be- 

 ginning the unfortunate inhabitants of this strange 

 and ideal settlement have been treated in the kindest 

 and most humane manner. Under royal rule, when the 



Fig. 3. — Island of Molokal. 



islands formed a republic, and now under a territorial 

 form of government, large sums of mone}^. on an aver- 

 age $100,000 a year, have been spent to procure all pos- 

 sible comfort. The settlement has churches, school- 

 houses,' stores, and even places of amusement. The 

 lepers live in little homes, to many of which a pleasant 

 garden spot is attached. This parental care on the part 

 of the government, and the home life are what have 

 removed all opposition to segregation. Lepers now seek 

 admission to the settlement of their own accord. It 

 would be difficult, and. I think, impossible to find a 

 place better adapted by nature for such a purpose. The 

 equable climate all the year around, the cooling, re- 

 freshing land and sea breezes, the surf baths, the abund- 



