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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC .MAGAZINE 



Photograph by William Reid 



A TASMANIAN KANGAROO WITH YOUNG IN POUCH 



The Tasmanian kangaroo is smaller than that found in Australia and is about the size of 

 an ordinary sheep. Only one young one is produced at birth. The female carries it in a pouch 

 until the offspring is able to run by the side of the parent, but retiring into the pouch in times 

 of danger. 



Tutuila Island, American Samoa, was 

 very short and was featured by almost 

 continuous entertaining by the American 

 naval officers and their families stationed 

 there. Before our arrival an interned 

 steamer's cargo of bottled beer was rap- 

 idly being depleted by the popular daily 

 swimming parties, until an order was 

 issued forbidding swimmers to board ves- 

 sels at anchor. 



The harbor, located in the crater of an 

 extinct volcano, is entirely surrounded 

 by mountains whose slopes, richly cov- 

 ered by palms and tropical verdure, rise 

 steeply from all sides, forming one of the 

 safest and most beautiful harbors of the 

 world. 



The town containing the naval station 

 is built upon a narrow strip of land on 

 the shore of the harbor, with a back- 

 ground of heavy growths of bananas and 

 coconut palms rising on the slope beyond. 

 Rain is abundant, at times superabun- 

 dant, and the water supply is piped into 

 the town from a reservoir built high up 



in one of the mountain streams far back 

 in the interior. 



The Samoans are noted for the high 

 character of their family and tribal re- 

 lations. The people have been encouraged 

 to retain their native customs, to live in 

 their old-style houses, which have proved 

 their adaptability to the climate, and as a 

 result the Samoans are to-day the healthi- 

 est and most stalwart of all the Polynes- 

 ians, and, unlike the Marquesans and the 

 natives of other island groups, are not 

 being rapidly depleted by the ailments of 

 civilization. 



The law is tempered to suit the mind 

 of this simple-hearted people. The jailer 

 and his charges close up the jail over the 

 week-end and go home to visit their fam- 

 ilies. The government handles the copra 

 crop for the natives, thus insuring them 

 a fair profit for their labor. 



Our party attended the wedding of a 

 Samoan princess, and the principal guests 

 were presented with mats and tapa cloths 

 by the bride's father. An elaborate feast 



