CHAPTER XXIII.

Return to Huahua--Heavy Rainstorms--Refusal of an Offer to be Carried Over a Stream--Perilous Swimming Feat--Episode with a Wild Boar--Start on a Trip Around the Island--Obtain a Loaf of Bread--People not Desirous of Listening to the Mormon Elders--Customs of the Natives--Reputation of Protestant Clergy on Tahiti--With the Chief Magistrate of Uairai--Across a Small Bay in a Canoe--French Garrison at the Isthmus--With my Friend Pohe--Review of a Hard Journey--Again at Huaua.