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Tararo
at
the
same
moment
recognised
me
,
and
advancing
quickly
,
took
me
round
the
neck
and
rubbed
noses
,
which
had
the
effect
of
transferring
a
good
deal
of
the
moist
paint
from
his
nose
to
mine
.
Then
,
recollecting
that
this
was
not
the
white
man
's
mode
of
salutation
,
he
grasped
me
by
the
hand
and
shook
it
violently
.
"
Hallo
,
Ralph
!
"
cried
Bill
in
surprise
,
"
that
chap
seems
to
have
taken
a
sudden
fancy
to
you
,
or
he
must
be
an
old
acquaintance
.
"
"
Right
,
Bill
,
"
I
replied
;
"
he
is
indeed
an
old
acquaintance
.
"
And
I
explained
,
in
a
few
words
,
that
he
was
the
chief
whose
party
Jack
and
Peterkin
and
I
had
helped
to
save
.
Tararo
having
thrown
away
his
surf-board
,
entered
into
an
animated
conversation
with
Bill
,
pointing
frequently
during
the
course
of
it
to
me
,
whereby
I
concluded
he
must
be
telling
him
about
the
memorable
battle
and
the
part
we
had
taken
in
it
.
When
he
paused
I
begged
of
Bill
to
ask
him
about
the
woman
Avatea
,
for
I
had
some
hope
that
she
might
have
come
with
Tararo
on
this
visit
.
"
And
ask
him
,
"
said
I
,
"
who
she
is
,
for
I
am
persuaded
she
is
of
a
different
race
from
the
Feejeeans
.
"
On
the
mention
of
her
name
the
chief
frowned
darkly
,
and
seemed
to
speak
with
much
anger
.
"
You
're
right
,
Ralph
,
"
said
Bill
when
the
chief
had
ceased
to
talk
;
"
she
's
not
a
Feejee
girl
,
but
a
Samoan
.
How
she
ever
came
to
this
place
the
chief
does
not
very
clearly
explain
;
but
he
says
she
was
taken
in
war
,
and
that
he
got
her
three
years
ago
,
an
'
kept
her
as
his
daughter
ever
since
.
Lucky
for
her
,
poor
girl
,
else
she
'd
have
been
roasted
and
eaten
like
the
rest
.
"
"
But
why
does
Tararo
frown
and
look
so
angry
?
"
said
I.
"
Because
the
girl
's
somewhat
obstinate
,
like
most
o
'
the
sex
,
an
'
wo
n't
marry
the
man
he
wants
her
to
.
It
seems
that
a
chief
of
some
other
island
came
on
a
visit
to
Tararo
and
took
a
fancy
to
her
;
but
she
would
n't
have
him
on
no
account
,
bein
'
already
in
love
,
and
engaged
to
a
young
chief
whom
Tararo
hates
,
and
she
kicked
up
a
desperate
shindy
.
So
,
as
he
was
goin
'
on
a
war-expedition
in
his
canoe
,
he
left
her
to
think
about
it
,
sayin
'
he
'd
be
back
in
six
months
or
so
,
when
he
hoped
she
would
n't
be
so
obstropolous
.
This
happened
just
a
week
ago
;
an
'
Tararo
says
that
if
she
's
not
ready
to
go
,
when
the
chief
returns
,
as
his
bride
,
she
'll
be
sent
to
him
as
a
long
pig
.
"
"
As
a
long
pig
!
"
I
exclaimed
in
surprise
.
"
Why
,
what
does
he
mean
by
that
?
"
"
He
means
somethin'
very
unpleasant
,
"
answered
Bill
with
a
frown
.
"
You
see
,
these
blackguards
eat
men
an
'
women
just
as
readily
as
they
eat
pigs
;
and
as
baked
pigs
and
baked
men
are
very
like
each
other
in
appearance
,
they
call
men
long
pigs
.
If
Avatea
goes
to
this
fellow
as
a
long
pig
,
it
's
all
up
with
her
,
poor
thing
!
"
