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Updated: May 4, 2025
"No," answered Barry hotly; "didn't I tell you that I used to write to her? I'm not one of that sort." "Beg pardon, sonny. I'm an old fool. But what was the mess?" "I left the Tawera like a blind fool at Tahiti, and sailed for the Paumotu Group on a pearl-shelling cruise in a cutter.
Mr. McFarlane was soon on board of the steamer to welcome us, and remained with us till the evening. There was very little of the Sabbath observed that day all was bustle and confusion. Quite a number of the pearl-shelling boats were at Somerset awaiting the arrival of the steamer, and the masters of these boats were soon on and around the steamer receiving their goods.
And then, besides being my chief officer, he was a personal friend, and was largely interested with me in this pearl-shelling venture, though he had no share in the brig." Barry nodded. "Hard lines." "Hard lines, indeed. And now you will see how I was situated.
In the Northern States now, the chief enemies of the blacks are Asiatics from the pearl-shelling fleets, who land in secret and supply the blacks with opium and drink. When the Commonwealth Navy, now being constructed, is in commission, part of its duty will be to patrol the northern coast and prevent Asiatics landing there to victimize the blacks.
Barry, from his previous experience of pearl-shelling in the Paumotus, was to have practically the entire control of the natives and charge of the boats, and the choice of a permanent anchorage was also to be left to him, and also the selection of a site for the shore station, where houses were to be built by the native crew, so that they might live on shore when bad weather prevented them from diving.
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