Footnote 41: A native dish of taro tops and cocoanut.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 42: A tropical plant with an edible root.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 43: Sitioni was a chief, later known as Amatua, a name of higher rank. We shall hear of Amatua again at the very end of the story.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 44: The stable was probably made of pandanus leaves, like the native houses.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 45: Mrs. Stevenson's daughter, Isobel Strong, with her husband and son.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 46: The complete story of Eliga, most agreeably told, may be found in Vailima Memories, by Lloyd Osbourne and Isobel Strong.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 47: Pronounced Tahmyty, with the accent on the "my."[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 48: Translated in an old missionary notebook as "beautiful as a flying cloud."[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 49: A Provençal fish-chowder.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 50: Miti sauce is made of grated kukui nuts mixed with lime-juice and sea-water.[Back to Main Text]