126 The Commercial Products of t lie Sea. 



out the fires of their ovens. Should there be no rain, a bad 

 yam season is expected." 



Many of the European residents in the Fijis eat the 

 "balolo," and look on it as quite a periodical relish. It 

 also makes its appearance in the New Hebrides, in Tonga, 

 and in the Samoan or Navigator Islands identically with 

 its advent in Fiji. 



