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    And to every point he made the same reply�察�at the same time watching 

the missionary closely in order to forestall that cunning run´in under the 

lifted club。 Then�察�and for the first time�察�John Starhurst knew that his death 

was at hand。 He made no attempt to run in。 Bareheaded�察�he stood in the 

sun and prayed aloudthe mysterious figure of the inevitable white man�察�

who�察�with Bible�察�bullet�察�or rum bottle�察�has confronted the amazed savage 

in his every stronghold。 Even so stood John Starhurst in the rock fortress 

of the Buli of Gatoka。 

     ;Forgive them�察�for they know not what they do�察─�he prayed。 ;O Lord� �

Have mercy upon Fiji。 Have compasssion for Fiji。 O Jehovah�察�hear us for 

His sake�察�Thy Son�察�whom Thou didst give that through Him all men might 

also become Thy children。 From Thee we came�察�and our mind is that to 

Thee we may return。 The land is dark�察�O Lord�察�the land is dark。 But Thou 

art   mighty   to   save。 Reach   out   Thy   hand�察  �O   Lord�察  �and   save   Fiji�察  �poor 

cannibal Fiji。; 

     The Buli grew impatient。 

     ;Now will I answer thee�察─�he muttered�察�at the same time swinging his 

club with both hands。 

    Narau�察�hiding among the women and the mats�察�heard the impact of the 

blow and shuddered。 Then the death song arose�察�and he knew his beloved 

missionary's body was being dragged to the oven as he heard the words�此�

     ;Drag me gently。 Drag me gently。; 

     ;For I am the champion of my land。; 

     ;Give thanks� �Give thanks� �Give thanks� ─�

    Next�察�a single voice arose out of the din�察�asking�此�

     ;Where is the brave man�拭─�

    A hundred voices bellowed the answer�此�

     ;Gone to be dragged into the oven and cooked。; 



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     ;Where is the coward�拭─�the single voice demanded。 

     ;Gone to report� ─�the hundred voices bellowed back。 ;Gone to report� �

Gone to report� ─�

     Narau   groaned   in   anguish   of   spirit。 The   words   of   the   old   song   were 

true。   He   was   the   coward�察  �and   nothing   remained   to   him   but   to   go   and 

report。 



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                                      MAUKI 



     He   weighed   one   hundred   and   ten   pounds。   His   hair   was   kinky   and 

negroid�察�and he was black。 He was peculiarly black。 He was neither blue´ 

black nor purple´black�察�but plum´black。 His name was Mauki�察�and he was 

the son of a chief。 He had three tambos。             Tambo is Melanesian for taboo�察�

and is first cousin to that Polynesian word。 Mauki's three tambos were as 

follows�此  �First�察  �he   must   never   shake   hands   with   a   woman�察  �nor   have   a 

woman's hand touch him or any of his personal belongings�察�secondly�察�he 

must never eat clams nor any food from a fire in which clams had been 

cooked�察�thirdly�察�he must never touch a crocodile�察�nor travel in a canoe that 

carried any part of a crocodile even if as large as a tooth。 

     Of    a  different   black   were    his  teeeth�察  �which    were   deep    black�察  �or�察�

perhaps better�察�LAMP´black。 They had been made so in a single night�察�by 

his   mother�察 �who   had   compressed   about   them  a   powdered   mineral   which 

was dug from  the landslide back   of Port Adams。                Port Adams is a   salt´ 

water   village   on   Malaita�察  �and   Malaita   is   the   most   savage   island   in   the 

Solomonsso savage that no traders or planters have yet gained a foothold 

on   it�察  �while�察  �from   the   time   of   the   earliest   b �c he´de´mer   fishers   and 

sandalwood       traders   down     to  the  latest  labor   recruiters    equipped     with 

automatic   rifles   and   gasolene   engines�察  �scores   of   white   adventurers   have 

been passed out by tomahawks and soft´nosed Snider bullets。 So Malaita 

remains today�察�in the twentieth century�察�the stamping ground of the labor 

recruiters�察   �who    farm   its  coasts   for  laborers    who    engage    and   contract 

themselves to toil on the plantations of the neighboring and more civilized 

islands for a wage of thirty dollars a year。 The natives of those neighboring 

and more civilized islands have themselves become too civilized to work 

on plantations。 

     Mauki's ears were pierced�察�not in one place�察�nor two places�察�but in a 

couple of dozen places。 In one of the smaller holes he carried a clay pipe。 

The larger holes were too large for such use。 The bowl of the pipe would 

have fallen through。 In fact�察�in the largest hole in each ear he habitually 

wore   round   wooden   plugs   that   were   an   even   four   inches   in   diameter。 

Roughly  speaking�察 �the   circumference   of   said holes   was twelve   and   one´ 



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half inches。 Mauki was catholic in his tastes。 In the various smaller holes 

he   carried   such   things   as   empty  rifle   cartridges�察  �horseshoe   nails�察  �copper 

screws�察�pieces of string�察�braids of sennit�察�strips of green leaf�察�and�察�in the 

cool of the day�察�scarlet hibiscus flowers。 From which it will be seen that 

pockets      were    not   necessary     to  his   well´being。     Besides�察    �pockets     were 

impossible�察  �for   his   only   wearing   apparel   consisted   of   a   piece   of   calico 

several inches wide。 A pocket knife he wore in his hair�察�the blade snapped 

down   on   a   kinky   lock。   His   most   prized   possession   was   the   handle   of   a 

china cup�察�which he suspended from a ring of turtle´shell�察�which�察�in turn�察�

was passed through the partition´cartilage of his nose。 

     But in spite of embellishments�察�Mauki had a nice face。 It was really a 

pretty    face�察  �viewed      by  any    standard�察   �and    for  a  Melanesian       it  was   a 

remarkably good´looking face。 Its one fault was its lack of strength。 It was 

softly   effeminate�察  �almost   girlish。   The   features   were   small�察  �regular�察  �and 

delicate。   The   chin   was   weak�察  �and   the   mouth   was   weak。   There   was   no 

strength   nor   character   in   the   jaws�察  �forehead�察  �and   nose。   In   the   eyes   only 

could be caught any hint of the unknown quantities that were so large a 

part   of   his   make´up   and   that   other   persons   could   not   understand。   These 

unknown quantities were pluck�察�pertinacity�察�fearlessness�察�imagination�察�and 

cunning�察�and when they found expression in some consistent and striking 

action�察�those about him were astounded。 

     Mauki's father was chief over the village at Port Adams�察�and thus�察�by 

birth a salt´water man�察�Mauki was half amphibian。 He knew the way of the 

fishes and oysters�察�and the reef was an open book to him。 Canoes�察�also�察�he 

knew。   He   learned   to   swim   when   he   was   a   year   old。 At   seven   years   he 

could   hold   his   breath   a   full   minute   and   swim   straight   down   to   bottom 

through   thirty   feet   of   water。   And   at   seven   years   he   was   stolen   by   the 

bushmen�察      �who     cannot    even    swim     and    who    are   afraid   of   salt  water。 

Thereafter   Mauki   saw   the   sea   only   from   a   distance�察  �through   rifts   in   the 

jungle and from open spaces on the high mountain sides。 He became the 

slave of old Fanfoa�察�head chief over a score of scattered bush´villages on 

the range´lips of Malaita�察�the smoke of which�察�on calm mornings�察�is about 

the   only   evidence   the   seafaring   white   men   have   of   the   teeming   interior 

population。 For the whites do not penetrate Malaita。 They tried it once�察�in 



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