Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 21, 2025
"Olla now renewed her entreaties for us to leave the spot, and go with her to the house; and Mowno, by a quick gesture, meant to be seen only by us, indicated his wish to the same effect. Rokoa nodded to me to comply, and we followed Olla as she bounded lightly through the grove, no one offering to oppose our departure.
The personage in the tiputa waited to receive him, continuing to wave the green branch, and to make amicable signs. Rokoa advanced, and greeted him in the Tahitian fashion, by rubbing faces.
The `th' seemed to constitute an insuperable difficulty, which, however, she finally evaded, by softening `Arthur' into `Artua, and this, singularly enough, was what Rokoa had always been in the habit of calling me.
"`Wait here, then, said Rokoa, addressing Barton and myself, `I will return before the moon sets: and without affording us an opportunity to inquire what he designed to do, he passed through the door, and bounded into the forest, in the direction opposite to that where the spies of the priest were lurking. "`Is it possible, said Barton, `that he intends to desert us?
In the midst of all the excitement and tumult, Rokoa stood, with the outward appearance at least, of perfect composure. Neither the ravings of the priest, nor the menacing attitude of `Catiline, nor the brandished weapons of their followers, deprived him of his coolness and presence of mind.
Sinbad was about to remonstrate again, when Barton drew a pocket-pistol, with a pair of which he was provided, and threatened to shoot him, unless he kept quiet. This effectually silenced the croakings of the Hao-man, for the time at least and we finally induced some of the others to take to the paddles, and push through the surf to the spot where Rokoa awaited us.
"Well, every thing being arranged for our voyage, we set sail in a large `Vaa Motu, or single canoe, furnished with a great outrigger, and manned by a crew of nine natives. Our cargo consisted of Barton's stock of goods for trading with the islanders, and a quantity of stained tappa, fine mats, shark's teeth, etcetera, which Rokoa had laid in for purposes of his own.
"About a year and a half ago, and just before the time when I was to sail for the United States to complete my preparation for the seminary, I was induced to embark upon a voyage to the Palliser Islands, planned by a young chief of Eimeo, named Rokoa, and a Mr Barton, an American trader residing at the island.
"We sprang over the hedge, and, Rokoa leading the way, proceeded swiftly but silently down the avenue. We passed some distance beyond the point where we had struck into it in the morning, to avoid the neighbourhood of the village, then turning towards the shore, descended into the valley until we reached the stream.
Still it was evident that the audacity of our enemies was steadily increasing, though their attacks were as yet covert and indirect, and, as I knew that Rokoa would not hesitate to retaliate upon the first open assailant, in which case we should be massacred upon the spot, we might soon be compelled to adopt even so desperate a suggestion, as the only alternative of instant death.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking