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Evening Star, Issue 3419, 5 February 1874, Page 3

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A private letter, dated 4th December, received by last mail from Fiji, via Auckland, from an officer on board H.M.S. Pearl, now at Levuka, contains the following interesting notes:— We visited the Samoa Islands, stopTO A n mu Wa ?- for * few hours at Savage Island. .The natives there are quite peaceful and civibsed, the ship being surrounded with canoes full of curiosities for barter. The almighty dollar, we found, went down as well as anything in this place as in all others although there were only two whites on’the Island. Wo next visited Tutula, and anchored In Pangp Pango Harbor, 'lt is a most lovely place, entirely landlocked, with hills on each side'2,6ooft. high; From one side of the shore, the Pearl looked like a mihiatute ship, owing tp the ipimdrise height of the background of hills.* ‘ We ’then visited the large town pf Apia, in the_ island of 'Opula. This n> a beautiful island ; the natives are handsome, strong, and intelligent, and the women very pretty. They all read and write a P,d are well educated, but, I think, lazy. We are very sorry to get away, and would have |lked to stop another month. The Commodore if hard into eyerything that is brought before tym, but will give'no opinion until Mr payard comes, _ The Gpvernrpent here is against_annexation, but all the other people are for it; and if Fiji is not annexed, I expect there will be n revolution. Hpwever, everyone flwajts patiently Mr Layard’s poniing, when they hope everything will go well. This is all tne news I can think of, except that on dit New Sydney” 18 *° ' our head-quarters instead of