Show D A 0 0 i X y f f A pert peri of tho the paradise prepared by the national geographic sect society ty washington D tj what in lie new nev hint the washington conference Is bellu ved to lune created cie aled ill bo be the future of li inces island posse nearest to tile the united etalea thu the blara desus in ii a few years these fertile Cc itile lovely lalands islands now left practically alone may lilay be treated as a geographical clean slate for or the natives are rapidly dying oil the spanish navigator mandano Men Nien dano dann first discovered the islands with bleir towel towering ing black blacki cliffs nud and sailed through a break into a wonderful buy bay once the crater ot of a huge volcano what must haye tits his Is shared by the traveler today within the bay a contrast contras tj I 1 mere tince once telluric flies fires burned the luxure ant verdure of 0 the tropics now overruns I 1 the immense in lot ilot i ous profusion it Is as it if ratina 44 in repentant mood u were ere pouring out tier her gilts will unstinted italia hand to cover the scans 3 and desolation wrought by volcanic fury tree and vine flower bower and shrub cover the abrupt almost vertical sides of the huge basin and clamber high over ridge after ridge of tile the clinite like hills choke the deep dl beep ravines and valleys with their prolific wass ot of bloom end and foliage and creeping in ili rich abundance almos almost to the aters edge climb the black basalt cliffs towering over tile lie bay thus seeking to soften their harsh broken beneath a runk rank growth of 0 vines and mouses mosses great cascades springing from tile living rock high on the mountain side olde leap lead over mighty precipices gleaming like str aravs ot of sliver in the sunlight to be lost in the mysterious deptris of dark gorges gorged far below these waters wind through dark tortuous ravines and forin the racing stream that tumbles swiftly between tile the twisting huls hills into the steep volley valley of Hanai Ilana ave vave where it rushes over its rocky bed to pass into the blue waters of the quiet boy bay beyond the crescent of white sand that lies between the cuffs cliffs banyan mango and trees mingle their brilliant foliage and blossoms with the slender brown trunks and waving trend frond of the pa anui an coco palm less than a century ago this forest was thickly dotted with the brown thatched huts huta of the each upon or platform of stone constructed without mortar or cement thousands of these raeine no longer in use cling to the vertical sides of valleys and ravines in a state of perfect preservation tim usually 20 by 80 or 40 0 feet level and unbroken often walled up I 1 ia or 15 15 feet on oil the ho lower side beautiful women fleecs fiorot men to describe deser ahe the dal dainty lity graceful ila lies title as ns she unquestionably arto was before cooks advent may inay lay tile describer ripen open to the clial chaice ge of efti exaggeration ge ration lint but from to steenson with If elville tor for good ineal ure her beauty was as a source of surprise sur sad admiration when women beautiful luxuriant hair fine eyes perfect eccli a slender blender graceful forni form ki it kin of vel i civet texture and unblemished surface and these physical attractions aro com combined blaed with etli a vivacity oj or spirit and action exaggeration becomes difficult and unless till of the islands have for or several centuries agreed to deceive t the e world such aval the Marque sanne so pile he Is today when sickness has hag not diminished tier her chann the men were fierce cruel whose chief occupation aside from the I 1 indulgence of their amative proclivities was the hie killing ot of both men and I 1 women cf c other armes for gastronomic purposes the th all powerful tapu was the law nd the ot the ui some of the tupua for the guill unco ance of tile th e women would probably incite a suffragette gette to spectacular wrath without exception on any isla island iid women might not cut cat ion long pis nor borowi brawn pig a delicacy much enjoyed by the lie n nien en folks in the absence of the ille longer variety nor dally with bonlyn bonien or squid the two fishes most in favor with tile palate nor except on special occasions lorts cat fresh breadfruit bananas or coconut nor could they go in canoes a provision to keep them from being beang captured by enemies lurking outside the liny hay and a tapu savoring of solomon in its wisdom women could not weeps weep I 1 it would be it grave error to con duilo from the taboos mentioned that tile life or of the woman was 11 hard one they had NO agriculture agriculture in any form was unknown the iho natives took the ful variety of flora the islands provided but to assist nature in oily way by tilling till ins or re planting liever occurred content wita i their tion of the desires of tile the duy day the lie took literally no thought tor for the morrow the most mosi favored intoxicant in the Marque sas Is 3 namu achl or as it la Is ludru commonly known koko hoko elit li Is for coconut coconut end and it 1 la 13 3 from the coco coca palm that tills this most insidious and delectable of drinks Is 1 mode made A tall coco palm that has been wind blown so BO that its plumy top leans far out of the perpendicular Is chosen the buds from which eventually itty fifty or sixty nuts would be produced grow in a compact oblong cluster rear top of the palm the rhe native climb calmba the tree and using long strips of bark or fiber binds the cluster of blossoms tightly round and d round until the result resembles a huge fat cigar protruding from tile trends fronds underneath the point of this a bowl Is sus gentled antei the tip end of 0 alib wrap ping sliced off after the second day it begins to drip freely but the end inest beM be sliced iced fresh every twenty four hours costim to stimulate the how flow in this manner a tree will furnish onelar more gallons a day for several beks when fre fresh freh h from the tree tile atie bev croge resembles a lemonade with it flavor bilich would 1 make tile the fortune of a n soft drink manufacturer duj alio could reproduce it fermentation takes place e speedily however and in a few hours your soft drink his has hardened into a vicious mankiller man killer kill er alig only a savage can go against with impunity captain cooks report placed the Marque sits literally and on the map that was years ago and since then tile the lilt hibi tory of the islands Is tile the tragic story of a losing fl bt by a rate race of ol 01 savages against a civilization represented in this oils instance la stance by the whaler the lie missionary the trailer trader the blackbirder and finally their conquest und subjugation by a foreign power lit in 1842 admiral du thouars took possession of the enter entire group in tilt name of france ostensibly to protect the missionaries in ili their built labors for christianity forts wre hullt on oil several odthe of the islands Island ii and troops ansta ed cd to fo enforce french authority the ensuing fifty years Is 1 re fcc rd ird of desultory warfare between he ha french soldiers and the an warriors in Y litch the littler latter ILI MIA alaj ya lya at war with each other othe r and V poorly a aly armed were constantly defeated defea ot of frum north tod timid louth america who raided the weakened villages and sold the lie men end and women inti anti slavery in far off landi and of thi the frightful ravages of smallpox tuberculosis leprosy azil other caher cos cm |