Identifier: easternpacificla00chri (find matches)
Title: Eastern Pacific lands ; Tahiti and the Marquesas islands
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Christian, F. W. (Frederick William), b. 1867 Rouse, Martin Luther Ranfurly, Uchter John Mark Knox. 5th earl of, 1856-
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Publisher: London : R. Scott
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
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adays, and sees very few people besidesthe French priests and sisters, with whom she passesnearly all her time. Very, very illuminating andtouching are the parting words of the excellentStanislaus to Stevenson on the eve of his departurein the Casco. I hope all future yachtsmen and SouthSea officials and explorers will learn them by heart,and strive to merit their simple heartfelt encomium. Ah, vous devriez rester ici, mon cher ami, criedthis Polynesian prince and gentleman, Vous etesles gens quil faut pour les Kanaques ; vous etesdoux, vous et votre famille. These words are avery precious witness to the benevolent nature andwinning influence of the great writer. A little lateron in the story it will be seen how I availed myselfof the hospitality of these kind people, and how,unexpectedly, an opportunity arose of showing themmy gratitude. I had explored on horseback the northern coastof the island up to that paradise of sandflies, Aakapa,passing on my way the vale of Ati-heu, where an
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QUEEN MAKEA OF RAROTONGA. Nuku-Hiva to Uauna 155 image of the Virgin, perched on a peak nearly 700feet in height, looks down upon the placid bay, andthe people live far inland clinging round the site ofruined high places and blood-stained amphitheatresof old, scenes of the rites of forgotten abominablegods. I had visited on foot the famous valley ofTai-pi (Typee), the scene of Herman Melvillessojourn with the cannibals ; a stirring tale, whichevery schoolboy worth his salt should know as wellas his Robinson Crusoe. Here I stayed several dayswith Nicholls, the local trader, and visited the valleyof Houmi, which lies just around the next pointtowards Cape Martin, which like a great lobstersclaw gropes away to the south-east. The settlementof Taipi, like so many others in this unhappy land,is practically a valley of the dead. Ten or twelvesouls only survive, the rest having been destroyedby small-pox and phthisis, with the exception of afew who have migrated to other valleys. Insectlife

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