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On the edge of the green sward, between a diamond-chequered artu trunk and theIt was nothen-house, but quite sufficient for the needs of two people in a climate of eternal summer It was built of bamboos, and thatched with a double thatch of palmetto leaves, so neatly built, and so well thatched, that one ht have fancied it the production of several skilled workmen

The breadfruit tree was barren of fruit, as these trees so to bear for soreen now, but when suffering its yearly change the great scalloped leaves would take all iold and bronze and a, where the chapparel had been carefully re froht have fancied yourself, except for the tropical nature of the foliage, in soht, the eye beca the foliage, and the bushes of the wild cocoa-nut burned scarlet as hawberries

The house had a doorway, but no door It ht have been said to have a double roof, for the breadfruit foliage above gave good shelter during the rains Inside it was bare enough Dried, sweet-s ferns covered the floor Two sails, rolled up, lay on either side of the doorway There was a rude shelf attached to one of the walls, and on the shelf some bowls ed evidently did not trouble it ht, and as a refuge frorass by the doorway, sheltered by the breadfruit shade, yet with the hot rays of the afternoon sun just touching her naked feet, was a girl A girl of fifteen or sixteen, naked, except for a kilt of gaily-stripedblack hair was drawn back from the forehead, and tied behind with a loop of the elastic vine A scarlet blossoht ear, after the fashion of a clerk's pen Her face was beautiful, powdered with tiny freckles; especially under the eyes, which were of a deep, tranquil blue-grey She half sat, half lay on her left side; whilst before her, quite close, strutted up and down on the grass, a bird, with blue pluht, watchful eyes