lunch was taken and page 950 the stream 
by which the camp was made. 
The trail up the valley is practically 
the bed of the stream, for it crosses and 
recrosses, traversing a bit of low land, 
first on one side and then on the other, 
plunging through tunnels of dense vege- 
tation dripping with water, so that one 
is quite as dry wading up the stream as 
pushing through the high grass and tree 
ferns. These streams abound in fish and 
prawns, which the man in the picture on 
page 950 is in the act of spearing. 
The camp was a simple affair ; a rubber 
sheet stretched on poles would have made 
a good roof if it had been a couple of 
feet longer; but in fact it necessitated 
a shortening-up process on the part of 
the sleepers for each shower during the 
night. Dead banana leaves, which, hang- 
ing straight down from the stalk of the 
tree, are sheltered from the rains and 
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 
Photo by Harrison W. Smith 
PAPARA HILLS, ON THE SOUTH COAST OF TAHITI: AFTER A SHOWER LITTLE WATER- 
FALLS MAY BE SEEN ON THE HIGH CLIFFS, AS IN THIS VIEW 
thus become dry, were gathered for the 
beds. 
The exhilaration of waking in the 
fresh morning life of the tropical forest 
is worth the discomfort, provided one 
may feel sure, as is the case in these 
favored islands, that no fevers have 
taken root during the night. 
Proceeding up the valley, the sides be- 
come more precipitous, until finally the 
trail leaves the bed of the stream and 
climbs up the steep wall through great 
tree-ferns and tangled vines. Page 951 
is a view from a point near the top of 
the trail, which continues on a short dis- 
tance over a ridge to a pretty little lake 
shut in by cloud-capped peaks. On the 
left side of the picture may be seen the 
leaves of the tree-fern, six or seven feet 
in length, and the compact clusters of 
leaves of the “fei,” a large variety of 
banana. 
