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"
'
Look
!
look
!
'
cried
the
poor
people
in
amazement
;
'
what
wonderful
people
the
Christians
are
!
He
is
roasting
stones
!
We
shall
not
need
taro
or
bread-fruit
any
more
;
we
may
eat
stones
!
'
"
But
their
surprise
was
still
greater
when
the
coral
was
reduced
to
a
fine
,
soft
,
white
powder
.
They
immediately
set
up
a
great
shout
,
and
mingling
the
lime
with
water
,
rubbed
their
faces
and
their
bodies
all
over
with
it
,
and
ran
through
the
village
screaming
with
delight
.
They
were
also
much
surprised
at
another
thing
they
saw
me
do
.
I
wished
to
make
some
household
furniture
,
and
constructed
a
turning-lathe
to
assist
me
.
The
first
thing
that
I
turned
was
the
leg
of
a
sofa
,
which
was
no
sooner
finished
than
the
chief
seized
it
with
wonder
and
delight
,
and
ran
through
the
village
exhibiting
it
to
the
people
,
who
looked
upon
it
with
great
admiration
.
The
chief
then
,
tying
a
string
to
it
,
hung
it
round
his
neck
as
an
ornament
!
He
afterwards
told
me
that
if
he
had
seen
it
before
he
became
a
Christian
,
he
would
have
made
it
his
god
!
"
As
the
teacher
concluded
this
anecdote
we
reached
his
door
.
Saying
that
he
had
business
to
attend
to
,
he
left
us
to
amuse
ourselves
as
we
best
could
"
Now
,
lads
,
"
said
Jack
,
turning
abruptly
towards
us
,
and
buttoning
up
his
jacket
as
he
spoke
,
"
I
'm
off
to
see
the
battle
.
I
've
no
particular
fondness
for
seein
'
bloodshed
;
but
I
must
find
out
the
nature
o
'
these
fellows
and
see
their
customs
with
my
own
eyes
,
so
that
I
may
be
able
to
speak
of
it
again
,
if
need
be
,
authoritatively
.
It
's
only
six
miles
off
,
and
we
do
n't
run
much
more
risk
than
that
of
getting
a
rap
with
a
stray
stone
or
an
overshot
arrow
.
Will
you
go
?
"
"
To
be
sure
we
will
,
"
said
Peterkin
.
"
If
they
chance
to
see
us
,
we
'll
cut
and
run
for
it
,
"
added
Jack
.
"
Dear
me
!
"
cried
Peterkin
;
"
you
run
!
I
thought
you
would
scorn
to
run
from
any
one
.
"
"
So
I
would
,
if
it
were
my
duty
to
fight
,
"
returned
Jack
coolly
;
"
but
as
I
do
n't
want
to
fight
,
and
do
n't
intend
to
fight
,
if
they
offer
to
attack
us
I
'll
run
away
,
like
the
veriest
coward
that
ever
went
by
the
name
of
Peterkin
.
So
come
along
.
"
We
had
ascertained
from
the
teacher
the
direction
to
the
spot
on
which
the
battle
was
to
be
fought
,
and
after
a
walk
of
two
hours
,
reached
it
.
The
summit
of
a
bare
hill
was
the
place
chosen
;
for
,
unlike
most
of
the
other
islanders
,
who
are
addicted
to
bush-fighting
,
those
of
Mango
are
in
the
habit
of
meeting
on
open
ground
.
We
arrived
before
the
two
parties
had
commenced
the
deadly
struggle
,
and
creeping
as
close
up
as
we
dared
among
the
rocks
,
we
lay
and
watched
them
.
The
combatants
were
drawn
up
face
to
face
,
each
side
ranged
in
rank
four
deep
.
Those
in
the
first
row
were
armed
with
long
spears
;
the
second
with
clubs
to
defend
the
spearmen
;
the
third
row
was
composed
of
young
men
with
slings
;
and
the
fourth
consisted
of
women
,
who
carried
baskets
of
stones
for
the
slingers
,
and
clubs
and
spears
with
which
to
supply
the
warriors
.
Soon
after
we
arrived
,
the
attack
was
made
with
great
fury
.
There
was
no
science
displayed
.
The
two
bodies
of
savages
rushed
headlong
upon
each
other
and
engaged
in
a
general
melee
,
and
a
more
dreadful
set
of
men
I
have
never
seen
.
They
wore
grotesque
war-caps
,
made
of
various
substances
and
decorated
with
feathers
.
Their
faces
and
bodies
were
painted
so
as
to
make
them
look
as
frightful
as
possible
;
and
as
they
brandished
their
massive
clubs
,
leaped
,
shouted
,
yelled
,
and
dashed
each
other
to
the
ground
,
I
thought
I
had
never
seen
men
look
so
like
demons
before
.
