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Every
house
had
doors
and
Venetian
windows
,
painted
partly
with
lamp-black
made
from
the
candle-nut
,
and
partly
with
red
ochre
,
which
contrasted
powerfully
with
the
dazzling
coral
lime
that
covered
the
walls
.
On
a
prominent
position
stood
a
handsome
church
,
which
was
quite
a
curiosity
in
its
way
.
It
was
a
hundred
feet
long
by
fifty
broad
,
and
was
seated
throughout
to
accommodate
upwards
of
two
thousand
persons
.
It
had
six
large
folding-doors
,
and
twelve
windows
with
Venetian
blinds
;
and
although
a
large
and
substantial
edifice
,
it
had
been
built
,
we
were
told
by
the
teacher
:
in
the
space
of
two
months
!
There
was
not
a
single
iron
nail
in
the
fabric
,
and
the
natives
had
constructed
it
chiefly
with
their
stone
and
bone
axes
and
other
tools
,
having
only
one
or
two
axes
or
tools
of
European
manufacture
.
Everything
around
this
beautiful
spot
wore
an
aspect
of
peace
and
plenty
;
and
as
we
dropped
our
anchor
within
a
stone
's
-
cast
of
the
substantial
coral
wharf
,
I
could
not
avoid
contrasting
it
with
the
wretched
village
of
Emo
,
where
I
had
witnessed
so
many
frightful
scenes
.
When
the
teacher
afterwards
told
me
that
the
people
of
this
tribe
had
become
converts
only
a
year
previous
to
our
arrival
,
and
that
they
had
been
living
before
that
in
the
practice
of
the
most
bloody
system
of
idolatry
,
I
could
not
refrain
from
exclaiming
,
"
What
a
convincing
proof
that
Christianity
is
of
God
!
"
On
landing
from
our
little
boat
we
were
received
with
a
warm
welcome
by
the
teacher
and
his
wife
,
the
latter
being
also
a
native
,
clothed
in
a
simple
European
gown
and
a
straw
bonnet
.
The
shore
was
lined
with
hundreds
of
natives
,
whose
persons
were
all
more
or
less
clothed
with
native
cloth
.
Some
of
the
men
had
on
a
kind
of
poncho
formed
of
this
cloth
,
their
legs
being
uncovered
;
others
wore
clumsily
fashioned
trousers
,
and
no
upper
garment
except
hats
made
of
straw
and
cloth
.
Many
of
the
dresses
,
both
of
women
and
men
,
were
grotesque
enough
,
being
very
bad
imitations
of
the
European
garb
;
but
all
wore
a
dress
of
some
sort
or
other
.
They
seemed
very
glad
to
see
us
,
and
crowded
round
us
as
the
teacher
led
the
way
to
his
dwelling
,
where
we
were
entertained
,
in
the
most
sumptuous
manner
,
on
baked
pig
and
all
the
varieties
of
fruits
and
vegetables
that
the
island
produced
.
We
were
much
annoyed
,
however
,
by
the
rats
:
they
seemed
to
run
about
the
house
like
domestic
animals
.
As
we
sat
at
table
,
one
of
them
peeped
up
at
us
over
the
edge
of
the
cloth
,
close
to
Peterkin
's
elbow
,
who
floored
it
with
a
blow
on
the
snout
from
his
knife
,
exclaiming
as
he
did
so
:
"
I
say
,
Mister
Teacher
,
why
do
n't
you
set
traps
for
these
brutes
?
Surely
you
are
not
fond
of
them
!
"
"
No
,
"
replied
the
teacher
with
a
smile
.
"
We
would
be
glad
to
get
rid
of
them
if
we
could
;
but
if
we
were
to
trap
all
the
rats
on
the
island
,
it
would
occupy
our
whole
time
.
"
"
Are
they
,
then
,
so
numerous
?
"
inquired
Jack
.
"
They
swarm
everywhere
.
The
poor
heathens
on
the
north
side
eat
them
,
and
think
them
very
sweet
.
So
did
my
people
formerly
;
but
they
do
not
eat
so
many
now
,
because
the
missionary
who
was
last
here
expressed
disgust
at
it
.
The
poor
people
asked
if
it
was
wrong
to
eat
rats
;
and
he
told
them
that
it
was
certainly
not
wrong
,
but
that
the
people
of
England
would
be
much
disgusted
were
they
asked
to
eat
rats
.
"
We
had
not
been
an
hour
in
the
house
of
this
kind-hearted
man
when
we
were
convinced
of
the
truth
of
his
statement
as
to
their
numbers
;
for
the
rats
ran
about
the
floors
in
dozens
,
and
during
our
meal
two
men
were
stationed
at
the
table
to
keep
them
off
!
"
What
a
pity
you
have
no
cats
!
"
said
Peterkin
;
and
he
aimed
a
blow
at
another
reckless
intruder
,
and
missed
it
.
