THE, SIEGE OF BERLIN.

(Translated from the French of Alphonso Daudet.)

We were strolHnß up tlio avenue o£ the Champs £&£t full °f Btorms aud disttSto-iw > aUled tlicro for a case of apoplexy. \^7Jht the rooms of Col. Jouvc, a cuirassier of tho^ empire stubborn on tho subjects of glor out BoSiotlsin. who, as soon as tho warbbrac at . moved to the Champs Elysecs. into / .& b(f> j ment with a balcony-guess what lr n o j our able to witness tho triumphant re; Wissem troops. Poor old man! Tho nayHho dinner burg readied him us he was leavr o f Napoloon table' and when ho read tho najeat, tho apo nt the foot of the bulletin o£ thundorbolt. rloctic stroke fell upon him Jietretchod on too | "I found tho old cuirassjo, and motionless, carpet with blood upon his/rom a heavy club as if he had. received a Worect ho must have upon his head. Standkro ho seemed of im- , been very tall: lyintmandaome features, his nisnso size. Witli !a curly, snow-whito hair, f beautiful teeth, air'scarcely CO.. Kneeling at hia 80 years seeing bitterfy. was his grand h s side, and wolcod like him, and tho two daughter. Sho«>KOther seemed like two flue / heads thero cHruck from the samo die—tho Greek modpJnt and effaced, tho other clear one a littlrth all tho blush of its fresh imprint andbrigh*' upon it t of tlio girl touched mo deeply : The-'and granddaughter of aoldiors, her dnugJa3 away sorring on MacMahon's stuff, f a t 4% tall form of tho vcncrablo man lying a»<) hor was calling up, in her mind, fttt- ■■ Syr picture, not loss torrible. I did my best /eassuro hor, although I had littlo hope, for • 80 years ono hardly recovers from such icings. For throe days my patient remained In tho samo motionlosa and eomatoso state, and thereupon came the nows of Koischofl.'on. You remembor how sti'angoly it camo. Until even ing wo all thought a groat victory had been .-umiovod, 20.001) Prussians killod, tho Princo Ityyul taken prisouor. I cannot say by what miraolo, by what niugnetio current, a-sort of echo of the national joy reached tho poor suf«; fercr through tho torpor of his paralysis. But' that evening as I dro\v noar liis bedsiflo I found him another man; his oyo was almost bright; his speech almost clour; he smiled and twtco stammered:; '"Victoryl" "'Yes, Colonel, a groat victory, and as I Stay© Mia tho dotails of MucMahon s splendid success I could see his features relax and hl» eyes light up. As I wont out I found tho young girl standing across the door, palu as doatn, ana sobbing, •' But ho is savod 1" I exclainiod, talcing, her hands. "Tho poor child had sooroely; < strength, enough to roply. Tho truo history of Kei- Bohorton had juat boon posted i MacMahon, re treating, the eutiro army crushed. "Wo looked at ono another in despair. Sho was thinking of her father, and I trombled for the poor old man, I had just ioft. Ho could not rosist this seoorid shook, and yet what oould bo donoi Loavo him his joy, and tho illusions 'which had brought him back to Ufo! But for this, tha truth must not bo told.. J .' ; "'I will not toll tho truth thon,' Baid^tho horoio girl slmpls1, as sho rapidly wipua away hor tears, and thou; with a. smilo w>on hor faco,' sha silenUy. Teontorod her grandfathot's. I*oolll. ; ' . ' "It was a hard task she undertook, poor, child I At first it worked pretty well. ;Thp old' gentleman's head was weak, and ho could do deceived like a child. But as his health im proved his ideas became clearer. Wo had to. keep him posted on tho movements of the army, anScoiupOße military bul^ftins. It was pitiful tosee that lovoly girl bending day and night over tho map of Germany, BtiqUing in t littlo flogs: and trying to plan out a glorious'cam paign, Bazaiho marching on Berlin; Efoissart in Bavaria, MacMahon on tho Baltic. Sho would ask my advice, and I helped her oafcesti I could, but tho grandfather himself aided its most of all in this imaginary invasion. He had-conquered Germany bo many times under the first empiro I Ho know every movement in advance.' (They will go there now: this will bo dono next, and his prophecies always camp. truo.and .ho was very proud of them. ' . f ' t ' c yufortuuately, rapidly as wo gained battles ainflpjiptiircd cities, wo never went fast enough for Win. Tho old man was Insatiable.: JSach day when I arrived I learned of some now feat of arras. ' ."" ' ■ ' I->-i«r*

" ' Doctor, wo havo taken Mayence, the poor glrLwould hurriedly say to mo witli a piteous smile, and tlirough tho half opon door I could hoar ajbyons voice call out : '■' f' T V. tlt is all right ;■ all right 1 In a week wo will ontor Berlin 1' * "'' * "Just then tho Prussians ,woro but a weeks marah away from Paris. Wo thought of taking iltn into too ..country; hut tho condition of France would at onco havo revealed all, and'l knew him to be too weak and too bonumbed by the recent shock to boar tho truth. So we decided to remain. - — < ■■■■-'» Tlia first day of tn<S .inycstnumt-^lipw. well it comes back to me—l went to their rooms, si I was mo\'ed—as wo all were thohi-with. tho heart pain which came from the thought that the gates of Paris wero closed, that the battlo /was under our. walls, and that our suburbs had Docipmd our'frontiers. I found the told man, seated oh his bed, jubilant and proud. w«u-( . "^•'Well.' ho exclaimed,' it has begun' ut last— thatsiegol" . ■KUimbivm ■ " I looked at him in surprise. . <i" How, :'Coldnol,;do you know;!' , t, j • ''.The young girKurned toward mo; J-f i .'..•', f Oh;Jos', doctor-*£reat news—the Bioga.ot, BcrUhhas cdmmencod.' ,: ~.,iii ajUJAlca, i "And ,as she ppoke sho. drew her necdloi through tho stuff, so cahnly, so quietly 1 • How! /could any ono havo doubted ? Ho could not hear the'guns on the forts-iHecouldißOtsec Mb unfortunate city, so defiant-and so .Qts ' tuTDfcd."Mrhe!e6uld see from Ma bed wop a cornorof tho triumphal arch;-and wound nun In his room all tho Wc-a-brac of tho llrst om-j . 'pire, well calculated Jo sustain his Ulusions.y- Fftmee.' engravings 1 orb&tlcs, tho Kingof Rome mhiaUaUy wefts tad, Btilf Bldeboards,,with .bnvas trpphels, loaded with imperial relics, medals, bronzes", and a rock of i St. .Helena under gloss, and many miniatures of: bti<rblue-eycd- woman In" ball1 costume., rwith a yellow dress and puiFed sleeves. And the side-; boardfll tho Kung.of Kome,ai»e,Marshals, tho ■yellow ladies seonied all high-gitdled and short ~lwftist>ed{ with thatjquniijt jtipress which -ma, gracefurinia)6."Prfpr f, braVo^Colonel ITEMas; this atmosphere or victorios;ond conquest, much' moro.-tluiu all-wo could.tell.liiiJV which mnda him believe so 'sincorelJf in tho sbigo of Berlin. ,T -? Eton? .that day our, military, operations bo^ camomorosimple. To tokoßet-Unwosohlyan attalr of timo and patience? [ Occasionally, when tho'hours hung ■heavily.;for the old Jjinn. w« read him a letter fi-om his son, an imaginary one,'of course,- for nothing ontored, i l?aris now - nnd since Sedan tho Marshal's alde-doTCamp had ,/beeitiniprißoned-iii-a Groriuonfortress, , Cat^you fanes thut poor child's' despair, as without news from-her fatKdr, knowing him to be a prisoneri and perhaps an invalid, s,he had to make him speak in joyous letters." a trifle fehort, such as a soldier, fe the field might, write, as ho advanced steadily into' tho enemy's ooun .■trsrl- Sometimes, her-strength would break '•' abw'hMnd then .wo were weeks' Without aews. Tho old Colonel'then would; be anxious and wakeful. Then quickly camo a letter from Ger many, which she would gayly read at his bed; side, while sho choked back her fears. Ho r .•would .listen, religiously, smile in a knowing I way,' approve ana criticise1, and ,6spladn» ta us the passages that wero a little obscure. But where ho came out best of all was fa/tho answers he would send to hiß son : Nevey forget that you ' are a Frenchman, ho would say, ' and be generous to thoso poor people; don't lot tho invasion weigh too heavily upon them ;' and there were inter ■jminablo recommendations and. lpyoly little ' 'sermons on the; respect of private property, gentleness toward ladies, a true military code for the use of. tho conquerors. And ho would and some'general political Considerations as tt> the conditions of peace which should bo im posed iupou the vanquished—indemnity for tho "war, and 'nothing more. What would be the use of taking their provinces ? Can you make any France out of Germany J ,And he would dio tate it all with such a'clear voice, with bo much candor in his words, with such a deop patriotic faith, that it was impossible not to bo moved and touched as wo sat by and listened. " All this timo tho siege was progressing; not that of Berlin, alas! We had to pass through ,-! intense frosts,.bombardments,. epidemics^and then famine. But thanks to our efforts and our care, and tho indefatigable and tender attentions which his grandchild multiplied around him, the old man was not for a moment troubled. To the end I was able to procure a little fresh '■■•" meat and white bread for him; but only1 enough for him; and you cannot fancy anything more ;■ ; -touching than .thoao grandfather's breakfasts so nnocontly selfish—tho old Colonel, on his r bea. -, smiling and cared, for, with his napkin tied I 1 uhder.Tijs chin, and near him. ,his ■grandchild, H the pallor of privation on her cheeps.'guiding, ~; hishands, giving him drink, helping him to cat all ;the good forbidden' fruit. ", ;AM_theii, . ■ strengthened and animated by .his repast m the. '• i comfort ot his warm room, ;with the wild winter, ifwindoutsido, and tli,c show driving against his ; ,i windows,' the old csuirassior wtiuld rplato His campaigns in. the North, arid for the hundredth ' timo .would tell.us of that sinister; retreat from Russia, when'there was onlytrozenbiscui ana horseflesh to eat, . '

• " Caniiou roaliso that, Httio girU We abso lutely usod to oat horseflesh!' • • i " You can imagino i( she re»lißod It 1 For two i months Uio poor child had been eating nothing olae. :■ i■■ ■,-;' • ,:i ii- :y ni • <>/ • ■ u>\

" But from day to day, as ho became convalosr. cont, our task at tho invalid's bedsldo became harder and harder. The torpor of his limbs and ol his senses, which had served us so well, com . monced■■ to pass away. Two or three times already tUo furious charges from the, :/ Porse Maillot had caused him to atart and listen like a hound on tho scent. Wo had to invent a last victory of Bassaine's under tho walls of Berlin, and salvos of nrtillory discharged from theln- Yalides to celebrate it,.. .;., ;.... ...\ , „, " Ono day when wo had drawni his bed to tho ■window—l think it was tho Thursday of Jliizen tol—ho Haw cl parly enough sonio volunteers mussed oa the avenue of the, Grand Army. .. >. • i " "What can those troops,bo? he asked, and wo heard him grumbling between his teeth: 1 Poor form! very poor 'form'l' '"'* " " "Nothing further patae ofjit; but wo realised tliat we must tAko greater precautions.' Unfor tunately Wo were; not cautious enough. >> "' "One evening, us I urriTod'thc girl mot mo much 'distressed.3 •'■•■' Th«y are' to -enter to morrow,' sho said. Was her grandfather's door open) . Thinking it oTarsinco, I can recall'that ho had a slrahge expression on his countenance that night. ,BTo had probably overheard us. Only'Wo 'woro'BPcalvirifr of tjie Prdsslaxis, 'and tho old man was thinking of thefron'ch; and ot that'triumphant entry fpr.'which ; he' had so long been Waitihg—MacMahoh riding down the ay.enuo amid flowers and music, with his ; Son by'the Marshall's side,'.and he,' the .old Colonel, on his balcony in full uniform as at ' Lutzon, saluting thp battle-torn standards and oaglep blackened by powder.' ■:':' :•• "' • '~'.• I . "Poor! old.'Colonbl! H6 faricidd, no dpUpt that we \v! shod to pro vent him from witnessing I the' display of our trpops to savohim from too ; great emotion. And so he tpoke of it to ho oho. • Bat tho next day, at tho' rery ; l}pur.when'tho Prussian battalions cautiously entered the long stretch which, leads .from.tho Porto Maillot to I tie Tuilorios, that window up there was softly opened, and tho Colonel .appeared upon the.bat-' "cony with his hoJuiet on. and','Us,'loneswbird, • and all the timo-stiiinod unifbrrix of an old euiras-, • slfef.' 'I: BtlU 'wonddr at th* power! ofj will! and ■ 1 strength df life which enabled iiiui, thus tp ariso and put on his harness. ■ But it -is:certain, tliat i : Uioro he ■■stood, orect behind the yalliug, >vpn-' derjhjj to see the wide aveaues! so, deserted.' bo : silent, tho blinds all drawn. Paris, as.dunib.as a; i great, pest, .house flags everywhere, but.suoh , strange, ones,'whiKi'with'a! rod crdss.'tma no "onothei'd to Welcome oui'soldiers'i: ""■• t uUi | ' '"For/n, moment ho believed biniself mis-i -' tAKeri: '" '"."■ (''! r!' ■•■ >: "I ■■"•! 'mr, .>:-.; ..i.fi'rj i . "Butho1! ' Over there; behind' tha triumphal! "•'arch, thoro wa's'a confußed noise, a black lino . advancing into tho dawn. And then by degrees, ■,;tha spikes on thu. helmets glistened,., tliq^ittle, ■ drums of Jena rattled,,, and under ar,ch. . ina'rl?e4 by the hea,yy tread, of, tho 'sections and • the(,plapk of (.sabres^ burst, forth : Schubert's ;,tria.mphfthniaroh|..',,Th'eh.,amld,;,tho mbirrtiful, . sfl^ncp of .thesquato one terrible cry, was heard; ■, *, T,o amis Ito ■ arms t .the j Prussians t\ and' tao four' Uhlans of the advance'guard saw!lip' there, on that balcony, a tall.,white-haired figure's way backward,' bat 'itsf'iwnsvrand^fall sud -■ denlyV'f ''■• •"->.i'*kwj Dili nl smij* n.-irfw f.-.f.-.; ! ••:-. "This timfctbo old Colonel waadead.'^,.,;;[ ■jut-! c-m ii'-.--.i 'uiiiw -.viii T,,: AakoN'-Ma^ ! '.ill! Jllll -.....-■■,i.r -. >...i. ... [■■-■■;■! ■..■.[. I

Sunday Reading.

1638.

.tla •>xf J3o,stQn..Ppst ri ,,y A mHoarthoi(tory;o£.wh.otwas,don?i^!")h. v.tifi ' i )0f deepest moment and jfcr HSBtxjt'QigW,^,,,! ■ i Un'dertheispring.andtho.suramer.sun, WQHJ j i--. In sixteeniiunliredwiditWrty-iQiKiit i j; ,(, > n | ",Scotland1 fraWeaSn1 the wiltf Marchweather; ■■' • Hbf liotttfue!iind,'CJ6vlanan^ sDlehin and grand; ' Noble andrcoh\ntonto'ba«aing>;toeetherH ban ! " F6i*:Gaaandtßerit^t!ri.tho'oia»frtelaiidi'i ! The,Klnfl; heard the tiding^ ftlißiiabn t'owti'; ■'••> 'IHiaylUKM'lliahfeartwltWuwttith.'t A - And'hfc sworo.hu would- c^uslv theso roWs.down ■ - Under hia feet if they crossed his.path.;' ■;.. ; ', Novr, Xinga were Efingfcto thdse grini'old'tiines. You ihuat Vox for 'their EttQWy'Wlth bated ;1 ••'*,■; "'bniath; '■' '.•■■■• ■•• '■•-;' '<-■">•" ■■■■>-'■■'• I Id spoat out lifco a riiatf Was the worst of -cMmes. ; ,' AJldtb'itaivd foryQUr'Hghteirieaatdbom'and T • :!< ''(Jgath* l;",r '(* i>'-t 1;l'1'-' ?I ' M-h'l"';',' j .'V .Sond^hglheCQyenant'faca'ti'd.^iae.'' *;'.'!' ' , And piadgtSair appeal Wtfio I«rd rnost.'lueh For strength to withswnd'.thiS.pOwWvand .j | pride. ~, -i iir •« A» ' ''^bwn-'liie^ca^dj^marphin^' fconl^nw'untaitt ':;'! MasS.6daMnjgli)y togethertheylateod on ' ■Wieepingfor1 joy, the strSh^f, sfern'men,' ■"""■ | ~,'. '^nd^&ti^ thoCotenahtin'' theirblodd; , ! And, bclieripg jtha Lord waa on .their sido, ' ;Thoy flungitothb windfall doubt wdfear; > So they conquered the King in his :powet 'and '■ '" ' ''priae;!'-'' '■" "it" t>iH'.-thj A ' ': And tha|: was done in the great old year* -n | .'^,s':'. ■.!'.•.„ I,'1 , v i,,;l^.'"llpafilßTCOtßTfEß..

SHORT SERMONS.

"Whate'er thou lovest, man, that too,become ~. ■ ■ thou;m,ust;., -v, v. • i .-I, God, if' thou lovost God; dust, if' ttibii lovost .','..^duat," ■„'.■..,■':;'■ ;:'.. :1' ■". : <" "!'■'■ -•'<;'■•" ■ '' Bo not iippatloht of delay. "■' ''•""■ nJ ~,,Th'6 cross kills Solfrindulgtoce.".'I''-I'. w»n ' :To err ishuinan :.to forgivie divine. ■!>' ' When one d6or is shut,ahpthqr isoponed. j What is lost to-day may be' wbii tomorrow. ''.'<Tho'!closot'Which l ,Chti»Bt tounnendßj is the : ■ closeto£ tliaheart; and. it,may..boiufl^churoh or.on a thoroughfare. ( r . '■"'','.' ;, I do know of many who resist. totnmation . with..Bacrifioeß,,Tvhich they..would gladly ex .' dhang* for mere physical inuiilatipn.. . '. i, ; Our1 lifo ia liko 'Alpino counties,, whero winter is found by.;the -side or .suinnVeTKand,. where- it is but,a stop from'a' gardoh to a gliioieif. -!";'' "■"Mi .iii,j •:-■■•-■;,' , ,-' °, We'are'clothed with Christ Iwhen We become p 'his'fdllßwoi's.' '• He inters into as and dwells in us. ' Ha' fcbmmtltoa'our spirits to his own.' The ( ' veiy power of ovtr1 nature1 is thus dedicated, like i 'his ownV'llke' 6ur'GOd'e£ thronuh the'eternal . :-'bges, to the'WelfarecotmaTij'^, <i: ■•. >!,«•(! , a "V llow bften 'ji ndW'offection'tnakeu a new ,] man. Tho sordid; cdfceriflgso'ulv turns heroic. , f The ftivolous girl becomoa tue steadfast mwtyr

ot pationcd and. ministration, transligurod by deathless love, tho career o£ bounding impulses turns into an anthem of sacred deeds.—Chapia. He who waits, und works while he waits, will surely emerge at length, and his work will he worthy o£ his place. The leap'is'all the greater because of the race that goes before it. The current becomes all the stronger at tho last be causo it has been so long held back by obstacles, and the noblest work, is done by him who has had to wait for long before he could get at it. I Every natural longing has its natural satisfac tion. If we thirst, God has created liquids to gratify thirst.' If we are susceptible of attach ment, there are beings to gratify bur love. If ■we thirst for life and .love eternal, it is likely that tlic.ro are an eternal life and an eternal love to satisfy that craving.—F. W.Robertson. , The two most precious things on this side of the grave are our reputation and our life, i But it' is to'bo lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of tho one, and the weakest weapon of the other. A "wise man, therefore, will bo more anxious to deserve a fair name than to possess it; and this will teach him so to live as not to be afraid to die. . , , To those who receive God's call for any1 work of trial, and obey it, the gift of the, Spirit is as sured. We need not go on a warfare at Our own charges. • How easily God can supplement human weakness and ignorance by pouring the power and wisdom of the Spirit into the frail vessel of clay! And how wonderfully He Suickens and develops the powers of the soul mt lies submissively in;-EiaHanas.—Evangeli cal Messenger. . .•,,. ~ ~,,.

Dr edgings from the South Pacific.

[BY KAl<VlTl.]:ri'V

LOW CLASS NATIVES.

TheßmaUiisJondroff'the mainland of Seraa, South Viti Leyu, is called Serua, and is somcthiiigsimilirtoßau in appear ance ; but th'e'i.Tnliabitaiits bore no com- ; parison to their :coittpauions of Bau and Itewa, nor to the windwardislandsof the (Jrpup.; ■, They, yere ajlegrad.ed, slippery lot of cannibals, and;raoßtly cohsisted' otrun aways from -other-"fribesj and reckoned, ! according ttj Fijiart^'iidtions^ a_ cowardly , mob, never attacking!' 'their^ene'my'openly, j excepting'theynumbered:(about-tventy to one on the ; event';' and to this day, not-j withstandirig' aU',',,tlie J -;'[)rogress that the ' Fijians. have;,made,V',.they jarftiabput the j lowest caste in the islands.

" 'Their' cliiefsy ifsucti'mise'r&ble1 specimens j of humanity, eaiilbe called by that name, I were not one: remove .from the common j herd.' Vl'TMeV''aidL tiot dare<to assert'much; authority for ifeax.pf.the.pljUh,^ sp. there was! but very little protection to" a white man: settling along; their'coast-; but as the hills i near the..salt.;water:!;fjti^lshed great quan-l titles of beautuul'pihe tree's (ddku^);'amilar to "katorij-afexv whites wereironiitime to; time tcmpte^'jto^itt their.luck as sawyers,; but had at I&tJ;6, a'ban&pn their pits and] •csaw^i only -too.' glad vto"eßcape, v \yithi their j lives, ,aud. finally Serua became a by-word' in the* ni6uth^^^oth natives-arid'wliites.' There was n6tradirigjto.be, done with them. A few white luen,-however, managed to locate themselves rtniongst tljerfl.-and pro cured a living by-trading, sawing timber,: and building ■AQats.,, Thw.jwere cannibals, , and bad ones too.- -One chief was most par ticularly fondof the flesh-of;young children, | and niany_,,poor infants were murdered to ; appease hisTiorad'/ippetite,',' jJUjon'one oc- j casion, after a'petty Sight down, : the coast, ; he asked th^heralawHobroughf the news' of the eneriiy/s dpfeat ■\vhere thp bodies ■ were. The envoy" said, "iklt "was too far) to carry theidt Jhtere,' bo '; " Bring tli^iu')iei:^at |^qe, 1'i saiii'r{lus mon-j ster, " andil .vad-buvy JtUpPiVfe'fe at the1 same; tinie patting liis large stomach." The, natives word'Ve'ryI'superstitious and. firmly believed in : all manner;, of ghogte.^ftvils, etc., They had'a-knowledge of a-good spirit,' but paid .more attention 't<>:promulgating the evil one,; kill lef 'k tli^ f<St'nter, to' tttii;e care of himself. .When dne',ofthe;pe6pie died and :iwaa.,buried,!:they always erected a small table, or a piece of tappa jstretched upori four sticks,,close, to .the, grave, upon this they placed cobKed yams,- a fish or two, or any choice food." If it disappeared in a day or two they \vei#sa'tisfied'that'the spirit of their friend had daten.it.j bat I thinKjfrom what I kna>V, they !woiild have-been-^more correct in tlieir ideas Had they accused So'fiie of the youngii scamps, froia; )theVl(Owii ; rfor stealingVaiid i dating it. 1 1 have frequently seer^ these offerings"placed' near old graves , in tfo thick.wopis of'JJanipsi ; arid Serua,; they > will, keep ■ the practice. up. for i year^ . long^ffcr ijhd.,d'eath;of iieai;relations. Some tribes have regulat'. graye-yar^s,' aiid they bestow tinuch; atfcntioa- and care in keeping these groundsicleai'.aud tidy, and in orna menting the grayes with beautiful dracenas, variegated ctotonsrand-choice native plants, white tappa, and fans are .also placed,at the .heads of many of these last r.estingrpjaces, paths'nicely igravelled and^ scattered. iOvet with pretty shells, t and small -c6loivre(l ■pebbles,: chafm the visitor; who icanHbt urj. 'abrstand Hot^" siicli a. peoplej notorious 'Can '.•nibals, sho.Wi'.biS,. so. ;^}icnj^ly' jiaVfeiq'nlajr concerning iheir. deadj jtnit: neyektheless it

tSe two Sacks of nadroga.

"Sovi" is in the Province of Nadrbga, but-the natives.,although understanding .'the Bau language, 'Speak a different dialect, and. have many strange customs. Tlie'late chief, "Na Novo,"or Katu Kini,: upon my feiaarking. that'tliere werfe' evidently- two classes of'pebple in his district--yiz.,T Ji.dark dnd f"& light Coloured race—quite 'agreed with me, and said,, "lam the chief tof'the ' black,portion ! of the people/" My fathers told, me. tHat they', did not' know; whence they c4me from originally;, but landed1 here from some distant country in four' canoes, and entered1 ..thfe passage' <rNa -D'ayeat Levu," near' the island 'of1-. '"Yitnuca." They .estabUshedthemselyes'lierfe after a little fighting1 with the aborigines.",' The origin of theted race was as follows:—Na droga'(had been swept in a fearful'manner by a terrific hurricane. It las!ted;f6urdays. jUlthe.houses' ahd:most Of the'trees levelled to, the earth.,. The people suffered jnuch from iruhg'er,:not being able to go/out aucLseek fpbcU' ■' 'At last the. gale " ceased, and some;young; mfen waded to the'^mall island of' *'Yanuca"; for 'the purpose 7' of picking, up' some 'green cocoa nuts; Most of the trees^ Were blown down; and1 while they were busy'gathering up fhre green, iiuts they saw some, thiflg r white, like a mftn,' sud denly .climb lip atree in .aIS/er^'quicK ifaan wx..,t, TlieV^ppVbached nfearer to f ' hith,- and .adjust thought he, was a real man \ ;but he , was tify ,wliite, he nrnst.'.be' a god,1 "so'they made ali,li£^te back to1 ". Cttyu;" where the .chief and people : had collectedi and'related . Ayhat they had seen, saying they yefe'sure . it was, a'gpd. Food was hurriedly proctifed, and the whole loi ,of theni i^eat to the Marid i -■y^th it They were frighteiieatb approach , too! near! 'thiy strange man! 'or god,: so'tliey J pi}t 'down J'the,/food in a'large 'wooden , 'platter/ anash^ufed toKiriitoidesceiid'and ' eat;' tut the only thing lid did was1 to keep 'growling, ltfu'deep'Voice,' "Krtfga, Brdga, Dtoga.". f They then Tetired'a •iittleil r 'and j ' this;>i/onderfur'creature :came f:dowrii*il-om \ ;tli9,'.treb''and ate tip, all that was'iljiea file After this tliey indtcei} him'by signs, , bes^^i\T,th r 'great'cqurtesy, toacConlpany ( thpni'{p. ''.ouVU,"'wh'erethe peopleworship ■p'e'd''him':;ak'it Il!sup'eTior being.' «They;g4ye, Jum.many wives, and would not allow'hitn i to wpiy or :J'soil msTiarids'with any labour. ' ' Thiswa Jsifn Je fatherbf the red'race'; and-the j land was named "Nadroga," because-of j thei-hoarte-solunaSmadeiiishis;throat,>- He | •toghfr4hem.!TOq,ny;tliinga'ithoy:i;-jyere ijjin- was.^iflldtin ' •greaibr'veneraitioii'iiind resteeinibyutherwhoje | • ldnd^Ki'Manyi'jyßarsoihei listed, twith-ithem, j until at last death overtook him; greatly to | ttiel aindiemeritlßf :tjbe-pettple, ; , fo? 'they : • thbuglrli"fhe«wonld! ilive'ior'ieverHii jltf.is ; '^prtubable^liatthistman iniight)liayejUjeen.a i ■ native 'of Tonga^'/the Only sußYiVovleft^rQiu , a canoe that had been driven out {ojE. ; her! ■ Course aadiwrecKed'by. the itempest,<especi ■ ally-'idstthereia're rt»' great.Jiiany <Tongiin j 'wovdS'in'theWadrogadialeot.;!.:^! j! ibrfi .. At the towns' of Culanukuan'd'Vuiiisoc'o, ' near thS isla'n'd'di Seruti,;a1 feAVf whites liad ,settled.,,. They felled..tiinb^r.'.iiibstly'ihe dakuii'?^Beautifulpine, similar tb'the New ;v?e;alan3kauri. ;r This was sawn into boards, 'ani'e^iit'to^iieyrika'jfbrsdlei^-'A'quaii'tityOf! t sparV were !aKb kept oh haiid, suitiiblefor tb anywhalers: or vessels that ninigfit. ieftuire' them. : These snieri l lived ' pretty1 comf 6i talilyy but aWays kept a shdi'p ,lopk outupyntheir savage neighbours,' and held theinieives in ■ readiness to'decamp . suddenly r if, necessary. r Many >yhdlers .Ifrequetiit^d the',\vatersbeWepnhere and the island.bf,'Kiiftdvja, the fich but/small island of Pe^a'i'beingasor'tof rendezvbus'fbr these yessell.' During f the Reason time whales .'. trawl' in' .'Schools along the' butside of the ■coral, reefSj'and' many good|captures we're ''mafia... '",,. '':■ .'"','.,!' '' "„,' '~".' \■;'■"','; ' A fine barque from Sydney was''anchored in the bay of " Waison;o," Bega, r some few, years, ago.. $perm ■whales were seen spout ing 'outside, so tl^eT>oats-were lowered, and chase given. Thfe pullAVasa; long and trying one. , After a, time,one of, the boats made fast,to th'6larges't'risli, a'fiie'Tiull/- Holed them a. pretty" dant^,' and by the time, he was killed they, found it was. fast growing '; 'toward'fining, "' and 'ihey rwere' many miles froiu theiryessel. 'they.towed the whale towards the island,'atid when night set in, they1 anchored it upon' a; coral patch, struclc i waif upon'the backhand made all 'haste,, to "the ship,' intending to return at dayligiit. ,' p^pqn r si"hting their prize the nex(i clay,..]tlieyi?ouna about'three, hundred ■ Bega natives busy; cutting up the fish. Ex postulation was jof ho: use, tor the savages were all well armed; and they informed the .-whites, that the fish was their property, and "•they intended,to kee^) it;.if they wanted to :' fight 'they.^vbuld1, ,6tlige theiri, but give up , their prize, /oh,' '' no, they would die first; ', whatj do you white iiien want coining here , to' bur cbViit^y,i'stealing 'our prbp'erty, and !• sailing in : ourWaters.. The' 'Eilou (gciod ,.Jspirit) gaye tliese islands to'us1 "Fi jiarisj and everythirig' that;is;on theI'land

and in the-water also, and we intend * • keep them. If you want a row, come we are not children; gee Are have hair^'i our faces, and our spirits are strong <a i? n ; whites had to leave, after makin<'"ainl\ ,' calculation that the whale was worth i>, £500. It was owing a good deal to thisW ' of thing that whaling enterprise fell n fr • ' the group. ■ ,">• , A Kadavu chief, named " Ca>n L evn -» ' ' very good fellow, had often allowed niLn*' or his young men go for a trip on 3 whaling vessels; the beautiful bay of Gat was a favourite resort for these craftwT gonerally speaking, the whalers kept eon^ faith with their dark friends, and m' • ■ sequence a good feeling was established the natives were always glad to welS' their arrival, and supply them with freih ■ i fruits and vegetables, and lend them a h..]n ing hand if necessary. , T Now "Cagi Levu" was in the habit upon the return of any of his men from £ cruise, of getting a full, true and particular account of the wonders and incidents of flip trip; at last, owing to die exciting taW told of the chase of: these sea monsters hi began to feel very small in the eyes of' hi* subjects, for he felt it derogatory as a chief that such mighty deeds should bo perforniH by hisyoung men while he was sittineat home in idleness, so lie made np his am,J to do a little whaling upon his own account and thereby establish his prestige, and make no end of dollars at the same time. He felt it was a glorious idea, so lie bought a second-hand whaleboat, properly fitted up excepting that there was but very little line to her. However, he said that was a trifle not worth much consideration;. :He now posted lookout men on the ■ heights above the bay, with orders to beat a drum upon the appearance of a spout; all hands were most eager for the grand event, which at last took pjace. Two hog-backed whales came right into the harbour, which is a noble sheet of water three or four miles in length. "Cagi Levu" assembled his boat's crew and made throe or four old crip, pies of men embark also to witness his Bkill and judgment. They pulled silently up to the nearest fish, which was immediately harpooned by one. of his men who had just returned from a twelve mouth's voyage. Away went the whale and away went the boat. Cagi Levu and his men had never ti-aveiled so quick in their lives ; they wer struck with dismay, and the chief sam> out to the harpooner to draw the iron Outof the beast. When informed that it was im possible, and the line must be cut to get free of the fish, he yelled out," Cut it then,'cut it; look sharp, or we shaLLbe killed;" ;Biit there was no knife or tomahawk on board When the old men hftml this they flung themselves down into the bottom of the boat and cried their eyes out. ' No • wonder, it was a new chapter in their lives, and, tVete E being only six fathoms of rope out, the way that boat fizzed and rushod along with mM capers, An close proximity to the whale's flukos, was a caution never to be forgotten? They gave themselves up for lost, and pre pared to meet death, most of them with thai apathy so common to'all Polynesians' The whale visited the bay all round and entered £?ery inlet/to the', wonderment of the natives' ashore, who looked-With pride and ■'admiration'at the boat containing their I chief, and thinkings what gay old times he was having: But poor'1 Cagi Levii''would gladly have exchanged positions with the meanest man ashore^ at tliat moment. After - about tliiee hours of tliis amusement the "' line parted, and "the chief and-his people pulled ashore, highly edified with tliin initiation into the whaling business. Ever § afterwards, 'if he' heard/any" d'ne talking aboiif whaling, heused't6 sayj '-'Yes, that •' will dp,-you need'not: tell me anything1 aboutit; Ihave, beenfairthroughit.' jot ' those thatl like it-I-dore'+iay it isgooil-. - pastime, but I was exercised quite enough, and I have given tlife thing up entirely " ' :sil tti'Ml H'jVJ. Wi-iiiil ail: i :■ :< ;

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