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gazed   with   protruding   eyes   at   the   lifting   mat。 They   saw   Nauri�察  �dripping 

with sea water�察�without her ahu�察�creep in。 They rolled over backward from 



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her and fought for Ngakura's blanket with which to cover their heads。 

     ;You   might   give   your   old   mother   a   drink   of   water�察─  �the   ghost   said 

plaintively。 

     ;Give her a drink of water�察─�Tefara commanded in a shaking voice。 

     ;Give     her  a   drink   of  water�察─  �Mapuhi      passed    on  the   command       to 

Ngakura。 

     And   together     they   kicked   out    Ngakura     from   under    the  blanket。    A 

minute later�察�peeping�察�Mapuhi saw the ghost drinking。 When it reached out 

a   shaking    hand    and   laid  it  on   his�察 �he  felt  the  weight    of   it  and  was 

convinced   that   it   was   no   ghost。  Then   he   emerged�察  �dragging Tefara   after 

him�察�and in a few minutes all were listening to Nauri's tale。 And when she 

told   of   Levy�察  �and   dropped   the   pearl   into   Tefara's   hand�察  �even   she   was 

reconciled to the reality of her mother´in´law。 

     ;In the morning�察─�said Tefara�察 �you will sell the pearl to Raoul for five 

thousand French。; 

     ;The house�拭─�objected Nauri。 

     ;He will build the house�察─�Tefara answered。 ;He ways it will cost four 

thousand French。 Also will he give one thousand French in credit�察�which is 

two thousand Chili。; 

     ;And it will be six fathoms long�拭─�Nauri queried。 

     ;Ay�察─�answered Mapuhi�察 �six fathoms。; 

     ;And in the middle room will be the octagon´drop´clock�拭─�

     ;Ay�察�and the round table as well。; 

     ;Then     give   me    something      to  eat�察 �for   I  am   hungry�察─   �said   Nauri�察�

complacently。       ;And    after   that  we    will  sleep�察  �for   I  am   weary。     And 

tomorrow we will have more talk about the house before we sell the pearl。 

It   will   be   better   if   we   take   the  thousand   French   in   cash。   Money   is   ever 

better than credit in buying goods from the traders。; 



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                    THE WHALE TOOTH 



     It   was   in   the   early   days   in   Fiji�察  �when   John   Starhurst   arose   in   the 

mission house at Rewa Village and announced his intention of carrying the 

gospel throughout all Viti Levu。 Now Viti Levu means the ;Great Land�察─�it 

being the largest island in a group composed of many large islands�察�to say 

nothing of hundreds of small ones。 Here and there on the coasts�察�living by 

most precarious tenure�察�was a sprinkling of missionaries�察�traders�察�b �c he´ 

de´mer fishers�察�and whaleship deserters。 The smoke of the hot ovens arose 

under   their   windows�察  �and   the   bodies   of   the   slain   were   dragged   by   their 

doors on the way to the feasting。 

     The    Lotu�察   �or  the  Worship�察    �was   progressing     slowly�察   �and�察  �often�察  �in 

crablike fashion。 Chiefs�察�who announced themselves Christians and were 

welcomed        into   the  body     of  the   chapel�察   �had   a   distressing    habit   of 

backsliding in order to partake of the flesh of some favorite enemy。 Eat or 

be   eaten   had   been   the   law   of   the   land�察  �and   eat   or   be   eaten   promised   to 

remain   the   law   of   the   land   for   a   long   time   to   come。   There   were   chiefs�察�

such     as  Tanoa�察   �Tuiveikoso�察     �and   Tuikilakila�察   �who     had   literally  eaten 

hundreds of   their   fellow  men。   But   among   these gluttons   Ra   Undreundre 

ranked highest。 Ra Undreundre lived at Takiraki。 He kept a register of his 

gustatory exploits。 A row of stones outside his house marked the bodies he 

had eaten。 This row was two hundred and thirty paces long�察�and the stones 

in it numbered eight hundred and seventy´two。 Each stone represented a 

body。 The row of stones might have been longer�察�had not Ra Undreundre 

unfortunately received a spear in the small of his back in a bush skirmish 

on   Somo   Somo   and   been   served   up   on   the   table   of   Naungavuli�察  �whose 

mediocre string of stones numbered only forty´eight。 

     The hard´worked�察�fever´stricken missionaries stuck doggedly to their 

task�察   �at   times    despairing�察    �and    looking     forward     for   some     special 

manifestation�察      �some    outburst    of   Pentecostal     fire  that  would     bring    a 

glorious   harvest   of   souls。   But   cannibal   Fiji   had   remained   obdurate。   The 

frizzle´headed man´eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the 

harvest of human carcases was plentiful。 Sometimes�察�when the harvest was 

too plentiful�察�they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out 



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that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue。                 Promptly the 

missionaries      would     buy   the  lives   of  the   victims    with   stick   tobacco�察�

fathoms of calico�察�and quarts of trade beads。             Natheless the chiefs drove a 

handsome   trade   in   thus   disposing   of   their   surplus   live   meat。 Also�察  �they 

could always go out and catch more。 

     It   was   at   this   juncture   that   John   Starhurst   proclaimed   that   he   would 

carry the Gospel from coast to coast of the Great Land�察�and that he would 

begin   by   penetrating   the   mountain   fastnesses   of   the   headwaters   of   the 

Rewa River。 His words were received with consternation。 

     The native teachers wept softly。 His two fellow missionaries strove to 

dissuade him。 The King of Rewa warned him that the mountain dwellers 

would surely kai´kai himkai´kai meaning ;to eat;and that he�察�the King 

of Rewa�察�having become Lotu�察�would be put to the necessity of going to 

war with the mountain dwellers。            That he could not conquer them he was 

perfectly   aware。   That   they   might   come   down   the   river   and   sack   Rewa 

Village he was likewise perfectly aware。 But what was he to do�拭�If John 

Starhurst persisted in going out and being eaten�察�there would be a war that 

would cost hundreds of lives。 

     Later    in  the  day    a  deputation    of   Rewa    chiefs   waited    upon    John 

Starhurst。 He heard them patiently�察�and argued patiently with them�察�though 

he   abated   not   a   whit   from   his   purpose。   To   his   fellow   missionaries   he 

explained that he was not bent upon martyrdom�察�that the call had come for 

him to carry the Gospel into Viti Levu�察�and that he was merely obeying the 

Lord's wish。 

     To the traders who came and objected most strenuously of all�察�he said�此�

;Your   objections   are   valueless。   They   consist   merely   of   the   damage   that 

may be done your businesses。 You are interested in making money�察�but I 

am   interested   in   saving   souls。   The   heathen   of   this   dark   land   must   be 

saved。; 

     John Starhurst was not a fanatic。 He would have been the first man to 

deny the imputation。 He was eminently sane and practical。 

     He was sure that his mission would result in good�察�and he had private 

visions of igniting the Pentecostal spark in the souls of the mountaineers 

and of inaugurating a revival that would sweep down out of the mountains 



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and across the length and breadth of the Great Land from sea to sea and to 

the isles in the midst of the sea。 There were no wild lights in his mild gray 

eyes�察�but only calm resolution and an unfaltering trust in the Higher Power 

that was guiding him。 

     One man only he found who 

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