SATURDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1910.
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we made a kind of broth which sup
piled us, eight men, for two days and
never enjoyed greater luxury.


January 9th, had heavy squalls and
rough sea, making us extremely uncom-
Portable, as we had no shelter from the
pitiless storms that beat upon us night and
day. Our health was wonderfully pre-
served under all these circumstances.


A small piece of hard bread dipped in
fresh water, and sometimes Just for a
change, dipped in salt water, was our on
ly food, except occasionally a flying fish
might drop exhausted into the boat, and
share the same fate with the one before
mentioned. 1t became very common
circumstance to pick up "A fish, bite off a
chew, and pass it around, sometimes be-
fore it had done kicking just as coun-
tryman would quid of tobacco.


This may be considered fish story,
but had been to the Sandwich Islands,
and there learned that raw fish or a
cooked dog" might be turned to good
account, and even had been ignorant of
that fact, the stimulus of hunger would
have given us the hint.


We continued our course till the mid
night of the 7th, when Judging by our
reckoning that we were in the vicinity of
land, we took in sail and lay till morning.


AT daylight, had Hervey's Island lying
under our lee, four miles distant. Made
sail and run down the north side, and on
rounding a point our attention was attract
ed by a white house built in the Europe
an style. Various were our con lectures
concerning it. That it had been built by
some foreigner was evident from its con-
struction, which seemed to relieve us of
the fear of falling into the hands of saw
ages.


AS we drew near we counted six small
huts near the the white building, but
could discover no human being. We took
in sail and drfted slowly down the shore,
in order that they might see us if there
were any inhabitants. After drifting in
this manner till we found ourselves oppo-
site the settlement we 'hove-to, and lay
still ust out side the breakers. Half an
iiOui I'usscu anu lo SiS5IlS vi any huiIIuI
being could be discovered. We began to
fear that they had sccrctcd themselves
until we had effected landing, when
they would pouuce upon us. But some
thing must be done. One of our number
prepared himself to swim to the shore and
ascertain the facts, regardless of the dan
ger and of our exhaustion. But while
we were OBTAINING him, all at once par
ty of natives came running round point
of land, having discovered us, and came
down to the shore, bcckoning us to run
our boats through the surf and land; but
as this was hazardous undertaking we de-
declined. AS soon as they perceived us to
hesitate, they almost instantly disappear
ed in the bushes and as suddenly return
cd again bringing canoe, which they
launched and came off to us, bringing a
supply of cocoa nuts, as a token of friend
ship. And if they Judged of the pacific
nature of our visit by the practical well
come which the presents received they
must entertained the most exalted opinion
of us. They spoke the. Tahitian lam
guage which one of our number was so
fortunate as to understand in some small
degree. From them we learned that ma