SAILING THE SEVEN SEAS 



>D6 



Photograph from American Australian Bureau 



FEEDING AN EMU IN THE NATIONAL PARK ON WILSON'S PROMONTORY, 



VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA 



Next to the ostrich, the common emu is the largest of existing birds. Its nine to thirteen eggs 

 are laid in a shallow pit scraped in the ground and are hatched by the cock-bird. 



of roast pig, chicken, taro, breadfruit, 

 sugar cane, and coconuts was spread be- 

 fore the guests, but the major part of it 

 was eaten or carried - home by the on- 

 lookers, who were invited in after the 

 guests had departed. 



"the mythical island op guam" 



Guam used to be the mythical port for 

 which vessels would clear when sailing 

 under sealed orders with destination un- 

 known. 



When we told one of our New Zealand 

 friends that we were sailing for Samoa 

 and Guam, he thought we were joking. 

 When assured that Guam was a real 

 place, he apparently made inquiries among 

 his friends, for the next day he said he 

 had found out all about Guam; that it 

 was an island covered with a 15-foot 

 mantle of snow and ice. He was more 

 puzzled than ever when we told him that 

 Guam was one of the hottest tropical 

 islands north of the Equator. 



