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Title: Eastern Pacific lands ; Tahiti and the Marquesas islands
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Christian, F. W. (Frederick William), b. 1867 Rouse, Martin Luther Ranfurly, Uchter John Mark Knox. 5th earl of, 1856-
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Publisher: London : R. Scott
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
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ainy season. We were driving along the northcoast by the Broom Road, on our way back toPapeete from Mahena. It was our intention toreach Jack Branders plantation at Point Venusbefore nightfall, when about four oclock on agloomy afternoon we found our way barred by thePapenoo River, which in Australian parlance was running a regular banker. Leaving our crazyold carriage and horse to the care of some nativeswho appeared on the scene, like another Caesar andCassius we leaped together into the coffee-colouredstream, the former, who could not swim threestrokes, supported by two burly Tahitians, one oneach side. Cassius had nearly reached the oppositebank, and, gaining some footing on the slipperyboulders, had turned round to chaff the wretchedCaesar angrily gurgling behind him, when, whish!the branch of a big tree whirling down stream caughthim a blinding swish across the face and sent himspluttering into deep water again. Although Cassiusin another minute managed to grab a root and scram-
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Scenery and Topography 61 ble ashore, he had swallowed nearly as much wateras the unhappy Caesar, who reached terra firma afew seconds later, devoting all water to Pluto andProserpine with a fervour calculated to dry up thePapenoo River for good and all. Half an hour later,poor Peter, in warm, dry garb and slippered feet,having swallowed much hot coffee and other anti-dotes, was sitting, all his woes forgotten, with little Sirius, Jack Branders faithful house-dog, lyingin his lap winking in the blaze of a cheerful fire,listening to the mingled roar of the rains, the waves,and the wild winds without. Beyond Punaruu, and after traversing the districtof Paea, the Broom Road runs through the lovelydistrict of Maraa, hastening on its way towards theflats of Papara,1 Atimaono, and Mataiea, rich inplantations of orange, coffee, and vanilla, wateredby many a clear stream, chief amongst which is theVaihiria River, that spreading out into a broad reachas it nears the sea, forms a bathing-pool,

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