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Chapter 24

           Sointhatwaythebarbers’handsarealwaystabued,andtheydaren’tusethemfortheirlives,buthavetobefedlikebigbabiesastheyare,sureenough!"

           "That’sodd,Bill.Butlookthere,"saidI,pointingtoamanwhoseskinwasofamuchlightercolourthanthegeneralityofthenatives."I’veseenafewoftheselight-skinnedfellowsamongtheFeejeeans.Theyseemtometobeofquiteadifferentrace."

           "Sotheyare,"answeredBill."ThesefellowscomefromtheTonganIslands,whichliealongwaytotheeastward.Theycomeheretobuildtheirbigwar-canoes;andasthesetaketwo,andsometimesfour,yearstobuild,there’salwayssomeo’thebrown-skinsamongtheblacksarpentso’theseislands."

           "Bytheway,Bill,"saidI,"yourmentioningserpentsremindsmethatIhavenotseenareptileofanykindsinceIcametothispartoftheworld."

           "Nomorethereareany,"saidBill,"ifyeexcepttheniggersthemselves.There’snoneontheislandsbutalizardortwo,andsomesichharmlessthings;butIneverseedanymyself.Ifthere’snoneontheland,however,there’smorethanenoughinthewater;andthatremindsmeofawonderfulbrutetheyhavehere.Butcome,I’llshowittoyou."Sosaying,Billarose,andleavingthemenstillbusywiththebakedpig,ledmeintotheforest.Afterproceedingashortdistancewecameuponasmallpondofstagnantwater.Anativeladhadfollowedus,towhomwecalledandbeckonedhimtocometous.

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