CHAPTER III.

The Samoan Islands.--A Unique Race of Savages.--Diving for Money.--A Genuine Samoan Mermaid.--German Aggressiveness.--A South-Sea Nunnery.--A Terrible Disease.--Christianity vs. Paganism.--Under the Southern Cross.--Grandeur of the Heavens at Sea.--Landing at Auckland.--A Stormy Ocean.--The Famous Harbor of Sydney.--England and her Australian Colony.--The Modern Eldorado.--Early Settlers 50-75