Show EXPERT DIVERS many nations and parti particular culaU the savages of the south sea and other islands elands arc aie remarkable forthe or the expertness which they acquire by habit in diving and moving about in the water being accustomed to ithrom their infancy in tancy the element becomes so natural to them that they seem to have the we use of their fac faculties aldes in the materas wa water teras a well as on dry lind land according to voyagers voya geri they are such expert divers that when a nail or other piece ol of iron was thrown overboard they instantly jumped into the sea later after it and never failed ailed to recover it on one occa occasion alon a smiths is 13 said to hive have fallen overboard not being able to bring this up the islanders landen is contrived to get e it ashore by de sending a great many times and tolling rolling it over till it reached the land |