Show FROM THE SOUTH SEAS W A tells of pearl Fi fishing shino tp another interesting letter dealing ith the habits and customs of the islanders the fol following loing letter from W A continues onn tile the of life on oil tins this uth nth aca Is binds aich he so 0 o abas ibl y 1 re anted list week cc in his d 1 tion ot of th alif dAi dedication cation of oc tile the church it tal aroa I 1 dito hearer in the huce tint that nou nu will lie interested in i a letter flom the south stas I 1 im am this e enang of some thines thit arouse and interest me I 1 nn fit about 30 0 miles of tipiti the chi f irland of these brench porre noelon po elon ions in what is known ai ag a i the in lui motu or low lov Achi pelig graup gjuul of islands allese ire indeed pilm franiz el corl coral arands IS ii in seas BS B the w wi ja b hive ive nou u ever eier sit in a moonlight that paled the southern cross being fanned bv the care caresses ies 0 the trade winds wind ind there vi withed the phoso sLept arlt ance of the lid ild ua vies es and the beauties tint that are known bj b being seen 7 herlone here one mia mi loll 1011 the dis dass anas ai in wonder and amaze ment gi i thenn shells on the shore bhore and bask in the suna runs tropical ras rail tempe tempered tem perel b the ocean breeze nor I 1 is the enchantment lessened when arrives As dirkers deepens dee peni amrid bof of stars sprinkle the sk over il ane southern cross ind and the sea reflecting the heavenly hea enly beams adds its own phosphorescent glow from each wae and euple this group of islands is 13 called atolls Atol lb which means a coral island consisting of i a ring of cora coral reef surrounding rounding a lavoon this group consists of 60 to 80 such islands the vari in length width and depth thea the are from I 1 to I 1 lo 10 miles long and from almost nothing to 15 or 20 miles wide vide their height is from tea sea level to possibly 20 feet to the highest point many of the houses are built at almost sea level fish fikh are plentiful andoe great variety these are caught ba foshing ashing build aith ith hooks nets spears anda building ing pens of rock in the lagoons when the tide comes in these pens are often almost filled with fish the these thee e are then procured bv means of nets ind and spears the cost is gome after them so we can p procure procure fish in these atolls at a ae less cost than the C ral U rutih till trout company can produce anem there ire are also deep water figh thit that are caught by means of lines and peirl hook in the deep ocean outside of these island islands lagoons aboon these are most excellent fish from which ste iks can he be cut that will the de sires of most an anyone unc thu that is fond of lish the cocoanut coLO coco anut pilm grows grons here on these birren barren coral island in ill 11 its tropic tro il luxuriance ind beauta furni furnishing fool ind and drink for man ind alid ue baist st did iou ier i er drink front from a t in it its south auth alien bell its eliell baliell could i le ie cut like an apple appleb if not ou oil hive one ona ot of ane most delicious deli ioui bee beenke be enge rages that the great creator creata ever placed laced ulon U on the earth the produced on these boril islands are the hobt delicious iverc I 1 have ever tasted there is no livine nater ater on the th e the people di benl er enl I 1 nt ireIN ulon run rim water ater and for their drink little run falls here hence ve p ia I 1 rec ile tu to 1 i I greiter greater emerit thin e othi twit out fill tins most I flent con IT it aaker that I 1 so sume me times thirk in fit on iri thin than equale ei giudi tile the niest niost fajo t V drink th it the lie he t ll cl iss olt i iter cirlor cin pro of I 1 fig of oc or dried t 1 is 11 1 1 i to lo luco hucul 11 on thc jhc nt S anili 1113 it is 14 LO bout igo 0 O per to tun andia and i t houri c of tacit ri to the icolia ri olli I 1 chis his is the it I 1 i oc ni of the mother mothe r of pearl I 1 ahe lie go ei aint tit roli this great areat indus lr ri ind di aig if maini tit tl diving seasons this slin I 1 of on oil N balb I 1 dm din 1 I im located is about I 1 I 1 lonn long 1 nd d between bet Neen 2 ind I 1 miles wid it il 1 11 dividio into districts of about lne he mile emilei each cich chis car ahls dive in di ilia triet no 1 it then retrains reir nina restricted strict ted ed arr ehme acar ears ahen it will ag akin till be ba thrown throb n open for damn IN ing as s the crup crop of pearl shell hell m mixtures iturea in ili 3 ea ears r ana an one that is guilta of davini for shell abell in I 1 rt district la is fined the eason for diving for shell han when I 1 i district is throan oron oren b tile the JS is six ori on april irthy governur natie of this island b aj the open olen inu of district no I 1 for diving pearl shell hell on oil and after man MJ 1 1910 the milage il lafe is 10 miles from the thing ground around lit in thih pro clarn altion he be fo tc ted the pe ale the I 1 of 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