dwelling and was there secured, the package could be lowered or
elevated at pleasure.

Against the farther wall of the house were arranged in tasteful
figures a variety of spears and javelins, and other implements of
savage warfare. Outside of the habitation, and built upon the
piazza-like area in its front, was a little shed used as a sort
of larder or pantry, and in which were stored various articles of
domestic use and convenience. A few yards from the pi-pi was a
large shed built of cocoanut boughs, where the process of
preparing the 'poee-poee' was carried on, and all culinary
operations attended to.

Thus much for the house, and its appurtenances; and it will be
readily acknowledged that a more commodious and appropriate
dwelling for the climate and the people could not possibly be
devised. It was cool, free to admit the air, scrupulously clean,
and elevated above the dampness and impurities of the ground.

But now to sketch the inmates; and here I claim for my tried
servitor and faithful valet Kory-Kory the precedence of a first
description. As his character will be gradually unfolded in the
course of my narrative, I shall for the present content myself
with delineating his personal appearance. Kory-Kory, though the
most devoted and best natured serving-man in the world, was,
alas! a hideous object to look upon. He was some twenty-five
years of age, and about six feet in height, robust and well made,
and of the most extraordinary aspect. His head was carefully
shaven with the exception of two circular spots, about the size
of a dollar, near the top of the cranium, where the hair,