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So
in
that
way
the
barbers
'
hands
are
always
tabued
,
and
they
dare
n't
use
them
for
their
lives
,
but
have
to
be
fed
like
big
babies
--
as
they
are
,
sure
enough
!
"
"
That
's
odd
,
Bill
.
But
look
there
,
"
said
I
,
pointing
to
a
man
whose
skin
was
of
a
much
lighter
colour
than
the
generality
of
the
natives
.
"
I
've
seen
a
few
of
these
light-skinned
fellows
among
the
Feejeeans
.
They
seem
to
me
to
be
of
quite
a
different
race
.
"
"
So
they
are
,
"
answered
Bill
.
"
These
fellows
come
from
the
Tongan
Islands
,
which
lie
a
long
way
to
the
eastward
.
They
come
here
to
build
their
big
war-canoes
;
and
as
these
take
two
,
and
sometimes
four
,
years
to
build
,
there
's
always
some
o
'
the
brown-skins
among
the
black
sarpents
o
'
these
islands
.
"
"
By
the
way
,
Bill
,
"
said
I
,
"
your
mentioning
serpents
reminds
me
that
I
have
not
seen
a
reptile
of
any
kind
since
I
came
to
this
part
of
the
world
.
"
"
No
more
there
are
any
,
"
said
Bill
,
"
if
ye
except
the
niggers
themselves
.
There
's
none
on
the
islands
but
a
lizard
or
two
,
and
some
sich
harmless
things
;
but
I
never
seed
any
myself
.
If
there
's
none
on
the
land
,
however
,
there
's
more
than
enough
in
the
water
;
and
that
reminds
me
of
a
wonderful
brute
they
have
here
.
But
come
,
I
'll
show
it
to
you
.
"
So
saying
,
Bill
arose
,
and
leaving
the
men
still
busy
with
the
baked
pig
,
led
me
into
the
forest
.
After
proceeding
a
short
distance
we
came
upon
a
small
pond
of
stagnant
water
.
A
native
lad
had
followed
us
,
to
whom
we
called
and
beckoned
him
to
come
to
us
.
On
Bill
saying
a
few
words
to
him
,
which
I
did
not
understand
,
the
boy
advanced
to
the
edge
of
the
pond
and
gave
a
low
,
peculiar
whistle
.
Immediately
the
water
became
agitated
,
and
an
enormous
eel
thrust
its
head
above
the
surface
and
allowed
the
youth
to
touch
it
.
It
was
about
twelve
feet
long
,
and
as
thick
round
the
body
as
a
man
's
thigh
.
"
There
!
"
said
Bill
,
his
lip
curling
with
contempt
;
"
what
do
you
think
of
that
for
a
god
,
Ralph
?
This
is
one
o
'
their
gods
,
and
it
has
been
fed
with
dozens
o
'
livin
'
babies
already
.
How
many
more
it
'll
get
afore
it
dies
is
hard
to
say
.
"
"
Babies
!
"
said
I
with
an
incredulous
look
.
"
Ay
,
babies
,
"
returned
Bill
.
"
Your
soft-hearted
folk
at
home
would
say
,
'
Oh
,
horrible
!
Impossible
!
'
to
that
,
and
then
go
away
as
comfortable
and
unconcerned
as
if
their
sayin
'
'
Horrible
!
impossible
!
'
had
made
it
a
lie
.
But
I
tell
you
,
Ralph
,
it
's
a
fact
.
I
've
seed
it
with
my
own
eyes
the
last
time
I
was
here
;
an
'
mayhap
,
if
you
stop
awhile
at
this
accursed
place
and
keep
a
sharp
lookout
,
you
'll
see
it
too
.
They
do
n't
feed
it
regularly
with
livin
'
babies
,
but
they
give
it
one
now
and
then
as
a
treat
.
--
Bah
,
you
brute
!
"
cried
Bill
in
disgust
,
giving
the
reptile
a
kick
on
the
snout
with
his
heavy
boot
that
sent
it
sweltering
back
in
agony
into
its
loathsome
pool
.
I
thought
it
lucky
for
Bill
--
indeed
for
all
of
us
--
that
the
native
youth
's
back
happened
to
be
turned
at
the
time
,
for
I
am
certain
that
if
the
poor
savages
had
come
to
know
that
we
had
so
rudely
handled
their
god
we
should
have
had
to
fight
our
way
back
to
the
ship
.
As
we
retraced
our
steps
I
questioned
my
companion
further
on
this
subject
.
