FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 16: P[)a]-pay-ee-h[)a].]
[Footnote 17: Tay-ee-ay: ta-oo-a: fay-noo-[)a]: nay-ee.]
[Footnote 18: Va-hee-nay-ee-n[=o].]
[Footnote 19: M[)a]-kay-[)a].]
[Footnote 20: T[)a]-p[=a]-ee-roo.]
CHAPTER VII
THE DAYBREAK CALL
_John Williams_ (Date of Incident, 1839)
Two men leaned on the rail of the brig _Camden_ as she swept slowly
along the southern side of the Island of Erromanga in the Western
Pacific. A steady breeze filled her sails. The sea heaved in long,
silky billows. The red glow of the rising sun was changing to the
full, clear light of morning.
The men, as they talked, scanned the coast-line closely. There was the
grey, stone-covered beach, and, behind the beach, the dense bush and
the waving fronds of palms. Behind the palms rose the volcanic hills
of the island. The elder man straightened himself and looked keenly to
the bay from which a canoe was swiftly gliding.
He was a broad, sturdy man, with thick brown hair over keen watchful
eyes. His open look was fearless and winning. His hands, which grasped
the rail, had both the strength and the skill of the trained mechanic
and the writer. For John Williams could build a ship, make a boat and
sail them both against any man in all the Pacific.
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