36 THE CRUISE OF THE ' CURAQOA.' 



CHAPTER in. 

 TUTUILA—SAMOAN GROUP. 



(July 1 to 4.) 



Pango-Pango Harbour — Appearance of the Natives — Statements by the Mis- 

 sionaries — A Pilot who takes his Ease — Dwellings — Visit to the Missionary 

 —Trip into the Interior — Village of Fungatele — American Artisans — Native 

 Women — The Chief dines on Board — Native Dance — Christian Church — 

 Cascade — Population— Climate — Manners — Progress due to Christianity — 

 Indigenous Products. 



On the evening of the same day tliat we arrived at Nine, 

 we set sail for Tutuila Island, one of the Samoau or 

 Navigator gronp. Favoured by a pleasant trade-wind, the 

 ' Cura^oa,' under sail, went ahead at about the rate of nine 

 knots an hour. On June 30 we met with several squalls 

 which darkened the sky, but which had not much effect on 

 our way. 



In our coiu'se we passed Manua, where we hove to for about 

 an hour. One of our officers, Mr. Foljambe, who landed at 

 the little village of Feleasau and walked along the coast to the 

 missionary's house at Tau, described the path as being kept 

 in good repair by prisoners who have been guilty of public 

 offences. Erskine^ speaks of Feleasau as 'a beautifully 



' Erskine, p. 36. 



