We reached the village,
and Oriope did all he possibly could to keep us. No, on we will go; his
sleepy boys may sleep on. We gave him and his little grandchild who
accompanied him presents, bade him good-bye, and away.
6_th_.--Here, and in all the villages we have been, we have seen very few
women and girls, and very few of the young men seem to be married. Do
they kill the girls when born?
7_th_.--Left this morning for a mountain close by, hoping to see the
windings of the Laroki from it. We had to descend 1000 feet, and then
ascend 1800. From the droppings about, I should say the cassowary and
pig abound in the gullies about this mountain. We found on the top a
deserted village and five cocoanut-trees. We could make nothing of the
Laroki, because of thick bush on top. We saw that the Munikahila creek
flows west and south, until, due north of this, it turns sharp and flows
north-by-east and falls into the Goldie. We reached camp with thoroughly
whetted appetites, and enjoyed breakfast and dinner of pigeons and taro.
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