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CHAPTER VII. 
PASO— THE RETURN OF THE RAJAH OBSTACLES TO TRAVEL- 
LING TEN G AH-TE N G A H BREAD-FRUIT VILLAGE OF WAAI 
SAGO MAKING PROVISIONS THE CENSUS — ‘PEOPLE OF 
WAAI NATURAL TREASURES FOREST EXCURSIONS 
TROPICAL FLOWERS. 
Waai, ZQth May, 
We are quite surprised to find ourselves here, 
wc had such difficulty in getting away. The 
Rajah of Paso came back with his company on 
the sixth day, all looking inexpressibly jaded 
after their prolonged bout of feasting, drinking, 
dancing, and broken repose. On such occasions 
the true spirit of the native comes out, and in 
their revels they are still truly aboriginal. But 
on Sunday a large congregation, sobered and 
clothed and in their right mind, gathered to 
offer thanksgiving for preservation from danger 
during the feast. 
Their return with noise and shouting seemed 
o 
an intrusion on the quiet we had enjoyed, but 
