. Errance parmi les sauvages de la mer du Sud et à Bornéo et aux Philippines. t était la première fois qu'ils avaient jamais eu à gauche, mais j'ai convenu avec Ratu Lala qu'il était temps qu'ils allaient, car ils ne savaient pas un mot d'anglais, et, d'ailleurs, aucun n'a dimis sa femme tongan. Quand nous sommes tous arrivés à la plage pour entrer dans le bateau, nous avons trouvé une grande foule, principalement des femmes, assis sur le sol, et tandis que RatuLala marchait au-dessus d'eux, ils l'ont accueilli avec une sorte de salutation qu'ils ont chanté comme avec une seule voix. Je lui ai demandé à plusieurs reprises ce qu'il voulait dire, mais il a toujours éludé la question du comment, et a semblé trop modes

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. Wanderings among South sea savages and in Borneo and the Philippines. t was the first time they had ever lefthome, but I agreed with Ratu Lala that it wastime they went, as they did not know a word ofEnglish, and, for the matter of that, neither didhis Tongan wife. When we all arrived at thebeach to get into the boat, we found a large crowd, chiefly women, sitting on the ground, and as RatuLala walked past them, they greeted him witha kind of salutation which they chanted as withone voice. I several times asked him what itmeant, but he always evaded the question some-how, and seemed too modest to teU me. I cameto the conclusion that it ran something likeHail, most noble prince, live for ever. Thenext minute all the women started to howl as ifat a given signal, and they looked pictures ofmisery. Several of them waded out into the seaand embraced little Tersi and Moe. This soonset the children crjdng as weU, so that I almostbegan to fear that the combined tears would sinkour boat. Their old grandmother waded outinto the sea up to her neck and stayed there.. A FIJIAN GIRL.Showing the tails of liair whicli denote an unmarried woman. [26 TERSI AND MOE AT SCHOOL 27 and we coiild hear her howling long after we hadgot on board the steamer. When we got intoRatu Lalas boat at Vuna there was another veryaJBEecting farewell. Some months later when Ireturned to Suva, I asked a young chief, RatuPope, to show me where they were at school, andI found them at a small kindergarten for thechildren of the Europeans in Suva. They semed quite glad to see their old friendagain, and still more so when I promised to bringthem some loUies (the term used for sweets inAustralasia) that afternoon. When I returned I witnessed a pretty and inter-esting sight. The two little children were standingout in the school yard while several Fijian men andwomen of noble families who had been paying thelittle prince and princess a visit, were just takingtheir leave. It was a curious sight to see these oldp

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