NOTES ON TAHITI 
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Near Papeete the beautiful Fatauua 
Valley may be visited in an afternoon. 
For a good part of the way a carriage 
road leads up the valley, offering chang- 
ing vistas, such as shown on page 952. 
At the end of the road a foot-bridge 
leads across a lively mountain stream to 
an easy trail, which one ascends but a 
short distance to obtain the view shown 
on page 953. At the end of an hour’s 
climb the Fatauua Falls, 600 feet in 
height, are seen on the opposite side of 
the canyon. 
A native house with palm-leaf mats 
drying in the sun, to be used as thatch, 
is given on page 954. The food supply 
is at the door, for back of the house may 
be seen the serrated leaves of the bread- 
fruit tree. A short journey into the hills 
will provide several days’ supply of “fei,” 
a delicious fruit for baking, shown on 
Photo by Harrison W. Smith 
ROASTING “FEI” AND BREAD-FRUIT FOR OUR LUNCHEON IN THE WAIHIRAIA VALLEY 
the same page, and fish may be caught 
upon the reef. 
Why, indeed, should the Tahitian toil? 
The picture, page 955, shows the great 
leaves of the wild “taro” growing by the 
roadside; the young leaves are delicious 
boiled, and the curious stranger will find 
many other new delicacies of the table— 
the alligator-pear, the baked papya, the 
Mantis crab, the raw fish, as good as the 
best oyster, served with Tahitian sauce, 
and, on rare occasions, a salad made 
from the heart of the cocoanut tree. 
The photograph on page 955 shows 
how a little pig was brought one day for 
dinner, and nowhere is roast pig more 
prized or better prepared. A fire is built 
on the ground, covered with stones, and, 
when all is ready, the pig is carefully 
laid on with bread-fruit leaves to roast. 
The view on page 957 is the garden of 
