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"
Thank
you
,
"
said
the
teacher
as
he
followed
Jack
to
the
cabin
;
"
I
do
not
drink
wine
or
any
strong
drink
.
"
"
Oh
!
then
there
's
lots
of
water
,
and
you
can
have
biscuit
.
"
"
Now
,
'
pon
my
word
,
that
's
cool
!
"
said
Peterkin
;
"
his
men
,
forsooth
!
Well
,
since
we
are
to
be
men
,
we
may
as
well
come
it
as
strong
over
these
black
chaps
as
we
can
.
--
Hallo
,
there
!
"
he
cried
to
the
half-dozen
of
natives
who
stood
upon
the
deck
,
gazing
in
wonder
at
all
they
saw
,
"
here
's
for
you
;
"
and
he
handed
them
a
tray
of
broken
biscuit
and
a
can
of
water
.
Then
thrusting
his
hands
into
his
pockets
,
he
walked
up
and
down
the
deck
with
an
enormous
swagger
,
whistling
vociferously
.
In
about
half-an-hour
Jack
and
the
teacher
came
on
deck
,
and
the
latter
,
bidding
us
a
cheerful
good-evening
,
entered
his
canoe
and
paddled
to
the
shore
.
When
he
was
gone
,
Peterkin
stepped
up
to
Jack
,
and
touching
his
cap
,
said
:
"
Well
,
captain
,
have
you
any
communications
to
make
to
your
men
?
"
"
Yes
,
"
cried
Jack
:
"
ready
about
,
mind
the
helm
,
and
clew
up
your
tongue
,
while
I
con
the
schooner
through
the
passage
in
the
reef
.
The
teacher
,
who
seems
a
first-rate
fellow
,
says
it
's
quite
deep
,
and
good
anchorage
within
the
lagoon
close
to
the
shore
.
"
While
the
vessel
was
slowly
advancing
to
her
anchorage
,
under
a
light
breeze
,
Jack
explained
to
us
that
Avatea
was
still
on
the
island
,
living
amongst
the
heathens
;
that
she
had
expressed
a
strong
desire
to
join
the
Christians
;
but
Tararo
would
not
let
her
,
and
kept
her
constantly
in
close
confinement
.
"
Moreover
,
"
continued
Jack
,
"
I
find
that
she
belongs
to
one
of
the
Samoan
Islands
,
where
Christianity
had
been
introduced
long
before
her
capture
by
the
heathens
of
a
neighbouring
island
;
and
the
very
day
after
she
was
taken
she
was
to
have
joined
the
church
which
had
been
planted
there
by
that
excellent
body
,
the
London
Missionary
Society
.
The
teacher
tells
me
,
too
,
that
the
poor
girl
has
fallen
in
love
with
a
Christian
chief
,
who
lives
on
an
island
some
fifty
miles
or
so
to
the
south
of
this
one
,
and
that
she
is
meditating
a
desperate
attempt
at
escape
.
So
,
you
see
,
we
have
come
in
the
nick
of
time
.
--
I
fancy
that
this
chief
is
the
fellow
whom
you
heard
of
,
Ralph
,
at
the
island
of
Emo
.
--
Besides
all
this
,
the
heathen
savages
are
at
war
among
themselves
,
and
there
's
to
be
a
battle
fought
the
day
after
tomorrow
,
in
which
the
principal
leader
is
Tararo
;
so
that
we
'll
not
be
able
to
commence
our
negotiations
with
the
rascally
chief
till
the
day
after
.
"
The
village
off
which
we
anchored
was
beautifully
situated
at
the
head
of
a
small
bay
,
from
the
margin
of
which
trees
of
every
description
peculiar
to
the
tropics
rose
in
the
richest
luxuriance
to
the
summit
of
a
hilly
ridge
,
which
was
the
line
of
demarcation
between
the
possessions
of
the
Christians
and
those
of
the
neighbouring
heathen
chief
.
The
site
of
the
settlement
was
an
extensive
plot
of
flat
land
,
stretching
in
a
gentle
slope
from
the
sea
to
the
mountain
.
The
cottages
stood
several
hundred
yards
from
the
beach
,
and
were
protected
from
the
glare
of
the
sea
by
the
rich
foliage
of
rows
of
large
Barringtonia
and
other
trees
which
girt
the
shore
.
The
village
was
about
a
mile
in
length
,
and
perfectly
straight
,
with
a
wide
road
down
the
middle
,
on
either
side
of
which
were
rows
of
the
tufted-topped
ti-tree
,
whose
delicate
and
beautiful
blossoms
,
hanging
beneath
their
plume-crested
tops
,
added
richness
to
the
scene
.
The
cottages
of
the
natives
were
built
beneath
these
trees
,
and
were
kept
in
the
most
excellent
order
,
each
having
a
little
garden
in
front
,
tastefully
laid
out
and
planted
,
while
the
walks
were
covered
with
black
and
white
pebbles
.
