Next morning, we sailed through the Straits, and, on
coming out on the opposite side, we were glad to see the _Bertha_ beating
about there. By noon we were on board the _Bertha_, and off for South
Cape, the _Mayri_ going to Teste Island with a letter, telling the
captain of the _Ellengowan_ to follow us, and also to see if the teachers
were all right.
By evening we were well up to South Cape. The captain did not care to
get too near that night, and stood away till morning. About ten next
morning I accompanied the captain in the boat, to sound and look for
anchorage, which we found in twenty-two fathoms, near South-West Point.
By half-past fire that evening we anchored. The excitement ashore was
great, and before the anchor was really down we were surrounded by
canoes. As a people, they are small and puny, and much darker than the
Eastern Polynesians. They were greatly excited over Pi's baby, a fine
plump little fellow, seven months old, who, beside them, seemed a white
child. Indeed, all they saw greatly astonished them.
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