There is a general flow of conversation or more or less complete silence. A Leader, not always the same one, utters a sharp command-like sound and repeats a few bars of a chant, striking the box and giving in unison. Then all join strike in unison. There is a good deal of repetition to the song both words and tune. They may sing all the way through without any dancing or one or more may rise at once and commence the dance, which apparently fits the song, as all make the same movements without any hesitation. When the chant is finished, (it lasts from two to five minutes), another may be commenced at once by the same or another Leader, or a pause m follow, during which the dancers sit. The dancers may take part in the sing or not as they choose. As the evening wore on (and after Mrs. Corseta withdr the white underliners came off and the dripping dancers went on in their Lavalavas (Pahreo) only. Some of the chants ended in a long subdued note, but a favorite ending, especially with the accelerated chants, was a shout which would have done credit to a football rooting section. - "Hale moe ae! Soreooh! I recognized"T" by sound only, they tried to make sounds which corresponded to the English words, but they were merely similar sounds They stopped obediently, like well trained children at 9:15, when the whistle blew and soon after all was still. Feb. 27 (Wednesday). After breakfast ran a sketch traverses around and through the island constituting a sketch map. The island is practically oval, about one mile east and west and slightly under half a mile north and south. It is surrounded by a broad flat reef, wash at low tide, which is 100 to 150 yards wide on the south, east and west sides, but comes in close to the sea and conglomerate (of coral and sandstone) beach on the north side. The beach is sandy except on the northwest end, where it is made up of a north dipping sand and coral conglomerate, similar to that on the N. side of Johnston island and on Wake. The beach is high and steep toward the N.E. and S.E., up to 16