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and (‘vtMi th(* most tiavcd worn tourist would lik(? to linger 
long thei-e. 
Our short stay did not give us time to visit the other is¬ 
lands, the volcanos with their huge active crat(‘rs, the 
large Pineapple, and Sugar Cane plantations, hut our 
tin ■ee hour automobile ride terminated with a delightful 
lunch at Waikiki Beach—showed all we could expect to 
see in so short a stay. We visited the Pali—a precipice 
at the end of a gorge, which overlooks a beautiful valley 
of cultivated fields. In one of the wars in the early days, 
3000 native warriors were driven by their victors over 
this })rocipice to their death on tlie rocks, 1300 feel below. 
We went through the Mauna Loa Garden back to the 
ship ten minutes before slie sailed for Pago Pago, part of 
the Samoan Islands. 
On April 19lh, w e crossed the Equator, there as usual 
the North Trade w inds left us until we picked up the 
making a v«‘ry j)relly picluii*. About seven 
miles further on our shij) took an abrupt turn to en¬ 
ter Pago Pago (pronounced Pango) Harbor, and the sharj) 
turn took us into the harl)or lik(* a small lake, without any 
apparent exit, with high thickly wooded hills encircling 
us on all sides. 
A signal gun from the .American guidjoat, always sta¬ 
tioned there, herald oui- approach to the natives, and 
though we were tied up to the small dock within forty- 
five minutes after entering the harbor, there were some 
thousands of natives tlu're to welcome us, and to trade 
with us. They had for sah\ necklaces of beads, shells 
of all kinds, of coral, minatures of their outrigged canoes, 
inlaid and common wooden clubs and other implements 
of native war, native clothing and tropical fruits of many 
kinds. The natives were especially keen on trading and 
many of our passengers and crew traded off coats, neck- 
Entrance to a house on one of the streets of Honolulu. 
South Trade w inds, Iw o or three days later. We exper¬ 
ienced a succession of calms, rains, squalls, with the 
wind coining from all points of the compass. At 11 a. 
m. the flying fish skimmed the sea, smooth as glass under 
a bright sun, and two hours later we could not see half a 
mile ahead. At no time was the heat objectionable, we 
played cricket on deck crossing the Tropics and had our 
swim in the canvas tank, filled up for the purpose, each 
afternoon. 
Two days later we sighted Tutuila, the principal pas¬ 
sage between two islands, clothed with verdure of an in¬ 
tense green color, from the beaches to the top of the 4000 
foot peaks, the native huts nestle in the cocoanut groves, 
ties, ribbons, mirors and little knick-nacks for what the 
natives had to offer in exchange. For a package of 
chew ing gum one could get in exchange^ as much as he 
could carry. 
.lust a word about the natives themselves. They are 
of copper color, w ith straight black hair, of fine j)hysiqu(‘, 
as conq)ared w ith whites. The men are fine, powerfully 
built fellow s, larger and stronger than the Haw aiian, but 
not so fine as the natives of New^ Zealand, though the 
three people unquestionably have a common ancestry, 
and the women are comely and well developed. Prac¬ 
tically none of the natives speak English, or wear any 
part of European clothes. The men wear a cloth from 
