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of the two Nifilole men driven away from Nupani, whom Bishop 
Selwyn rescued from Port Adam on Malaita in 1877 and returned to 
their homes and thus opened up the way again to Santa Cruz. In 
order to test Te Fonu’s knowledge of the direction of Santa Cruz the 
captain used to call him up at night as they were sailing and ask him 
where Santa Cruz lay. Te Fonu would look at the stars and then 
would point unerringly in the direction of his home, no matter on 
what course the ship was lying. Santa Anna, one of the two small 
islands at the east end of San Cristoval, has a considerable number of 
Cruzians, who after being shipwrecked made their home there. 
The smaller paddling canoe of Santa Cruz is well worthy of mention; 
it is called jaolo in Ndeni. It is built in the same way as the sailing 
canoe, a hollow log with an outrigger and with a platform joining the 
two parts. The aperture in the log is very narrow and the paddlers 
sit on the lip and have their legs crossed. Both the small canoes and 
the sailing ones are coated with lime. ‘The paddles have a large, heavy 
blade and a long handle, and look very clumsy in comparison with the 
long, tapering blades used in the‘eastern Solomons. 
When the coming of the ships was somewhat of a rare event, it was 
a great sight to see the numbers of canoes that came flocking out to 
barter their goods at the ship’s side. Two men sat in each canoe, 
one on each side of the platform, and often a boy would be squatting 
on the platform among the goods brought for barter. These goods 
consisted of bows and bundles of arrows, paddles, dancing clubs, mats, 
kits, looms, fishing nets and lines, lassoes for shark catching, flying- 
fish floats, shell armlets, shells and shell spoons for scraping coconut, 
bundles of smoked canarium nuts, coconuts, dried and green bread- 
fruit, a few yams and pana, areca nuts and pepper leaves, wild wood 
pigeons, parrots, and native fowls. The scene alongside the ship was 
one of the wildest excitement, the men all shouting their loudest, some 
holding up various articles of barter and hissing to attract the atten- 
tion of the people on the ship, some maneuvering for place alongside, 
canoes getting foul of one another and occasionally one filling. To 
be capsized is no hardship for a Cruzian; his canoe may even turn turtle, 
but owing to the outrigger it will never sink. They are quite able to 
right an overturned canoe; then, catching hold of the end, they pull 
the canoe backward and forward, jerking the water out, and finally, 
jumping on board, they bail furiously till the craft is afloat again. 
To allow the Cruzians to come on board is fatal to the peace of the 
ship. They pester everyone to buy, thrusting their wares into one’s 
face and muttering tambaika (tobacco). ‘The price is arranged by the 
buyer holding up as many fingers as he thinks the article to be worth 
in sticks of tobacco, whereupon the Cruzian says mondu, 1. ¢., more, 
and the buyer airs his knowledge of the language by saying tége kalinge, 
“no, my friend,” and so the process goes on. Great hands are laid 
