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The rain soon began to fall again, bnt we made the best 

 of it, and set to work shooting some small birds, several of 

 which were lost in the brnshwood. Among those which 

 we found were a sort of kingfisher, a small species, very 

 much resembling the laughing jackass of Australia. I also 

 killed a bird of fair size, like in its plumage and shape to a 

 hen blackbird, but larger, and also a bird of a pretty brown 

 colour, with bright yellow about it, and yellow flaps below 

 the eyes. In the interior of a small white egg I found a 

 little black lizard, about an inch and a half long, so 

 extremely nimble that I had considerable difficulty in 

 getting hold of it, though just released from its shell. As 

 at Niue, the greater part of the trees I saw in my way 

 had a smooth fine bark; which, according to my impression, 

 appears to be a usual type in tropical countries, where I do 

 not recollect to have often met with roughish bai'k like that 

 of the elm and oak. 



Having reached the highest point of the island, I could 

 see the sea and Bay of Funga-sa, or sacred bay (Pango- 

 Pango Bay is called Funga-loa, whicli means deep bay). 

 Some fields of taro are to be found on these heights ; but I 

 did not stay long on the spot, wishing to go on exploring. 

 At first I found the descent as steep and abrupt on this side 

 as the ascent had been on the other ; afterwards it became 

 more gradual and less rough, and our way still lay through 

 the wood, which extends equally far down on this .dde as on 

 the other. Having reached the extreme limit of the road, 

 I found myself within a few steps of the village of Funga- 



