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pier tiiere. While awaiting thei^vfe visited the local schoolteacher, 
Henry Moua, 'who had a fine, though small, shell collection. HeithEr 
siveW 
Render nor I have ever seen so many 'smssUc collections in so sma.ll- 
an area as the Society Islands . 
It was 7 o'clock when ?/e took our places amidships in a 
narrow dugout canoe with outrigger, and expert paddlers fore and 
The reeij-nas farther out than it looked from shore, and when 
aft 
the canoe griiiunded on it a good half hour later, we waded "ashore" 
with the DOY/man. His companion remained in the canoe, keeping it 
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abreast of us on the lagoon side as we traveled the 4 = en,gTO.-of the 
reef. First, however, our guide lit the Coleman lantern he had 
brough!^4.1ong, and we lit ours. Here this type of lamp has become 
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the "torch", replacing the biasing faggots of bygone days. These 
ingenious Polynesians have no'w added something new, making the 
Coleman lantern a far be ttgrjt orch. Ordinarily it swings too low 
to be safely car 
where a gully or tide pool has to be crossed, or where an occasional 
roller floods o\’'er the reef. These fishermen have improvised a 
handle v/hich supports the lantern underneath and holds its sides 
tightly so tiiat it can be held high in front of one^OT overhead 
in order to Illuminate crevices in the reef or the depths of 
tide pools. We came to grief carrying car Coleman by its 
as might well have been expected^ when one of us stepped into 
an unexcectedV vYaist-deep pool. Too late did we appreciate the 
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conditions to be encountered or learn of the fishermen’s very 
practical device. 
