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rocks, where you think nothing can save them 
from being dashed to pieces, the surf seems so 
powerful; but in a moment they are on their 
legs, and prepared for another slide. Their 
method of fishing is equally dangerous ; the 
women walk upon the rocks until they see a 
squid; then watching the retreating sea, they 
run in and try to pick the squid up before the 
advancing surf can wash them off; but frequently 
they are washed off, and then they have to exert 
all their skill to land, for they have no surf- 
board to help them. 
" Christmas-day is a grand feast, and they 
keep it up in good style. But the Queen's 
birthday is their grand day ; it is kept up with 
feasting and dancing, and all sorts of merri- 
ment. Among the first questions everybody 
asks is, ' How is her Majesty the Queen? 
"Away, away ! we are off to the world again, 
truly sorry to leave this island. Their happiness 
in this life consists wholly in virtue, and their 
virtue is their truest pleasure. They think that 
(and how really true it is !) the more religious 
and virtuous you become, the happier you are ; 
deeming every sin to take from your enjoyment 
in this and the after life. They know that true 
pleasure is only to be obtained by obeying the 
will of God. Their temperance and industry 
give them health, food, and cheerfulness, and 
gain for them universal esteem, respect, and 
sympathy ; and as in this life they do not seek 
their pleasures in things below, but in a higher 
Power, so we may earnestly hope that the image 
of the Saviour will bp found in their hearts, and 
