ABSTRACT
The good old man receives us with great cordiality, for he has always been interested in the ancient history and folk-lore of his people. Future voyagers in Pacific waters should clearly understand that it is the old generation not the new who give their minds to these things. The new for the most part are in a transition state. They are neither good heathens nor earnest Christians. In this connection, and upon such a quest, one fine old heathen who really knows something that the white man hasn't taught him is worth a dozen paltering mediocrities who have forgotten their own history and swamped their identity; whose only ideas are to ape their white teachers in snuffling Bible texts and grabbing dollars to buy cheap Manchester goods and white men's luxuries, which they really do not need at all.
