THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 
Nig SO 
Photo by Harrison W. Smith 
A LITTLE PIG FOR DINNER 
A fire is made in a small pit in the ground and covered with stones. 
When the fire is 
burned out the pig, wrapped in leaves, is placed upon the hot stones, with breadfruit and 
“fei,” a variety of plantain. Then the whole is covered with many layers of the large leaves 
of the breadfruit tree and left to roast. 
were exactly over the reef. A torch, 
composed of dead leaves of the cocoanut 
palm, was then lighted and waved to and 
fro until the fish, attracted by the glare, 
rose to the surface of the water and 
swam near the boats. Then followed a 
delightful exhibition of skill. A native, 
standing up in the bow of his canoe, 
would hurl his long spear at a fish as it 
crossed in front of him, and so deadly 
was the aim that even small fish, several 
yards distant, were seldom fortunate 
enough to escape. The spears were made 
of light wood, with five straightened fish- 
hooks bound in a cluster at the end. 
Afterwards we all waded on the reef, 
attempting, in native fashion, to spear 
the fish as they darted about in the 
masses of coral; but we were not very 
successful and soon were glad to aban- 
don the sport, since several of us were 
badly pricked by the sea-urchins, the 
spines of which broke off short after 
entering the flesh and producing intense 
pain. 
One day our friends on shore arranged 
a picnic in our honor at a place called 
Fautawa, which was reached by about an 
hour’s drive through magnificent scenery. 
The road for a great part of the way 
led along the edge of a mountain stream, 
winding through a deep valley in which 
Fautawa is situated. At the top of the 
valley there towered above us a tall peak 
the summit of which was composed of a 
series of jagged points clustered together 
in the shape of a crown. 
Having arrived at our destination, we 
