ABSTRACT
As the visitor wanders along the beach he sees before him at intervals a low huddle of leaf-thatch huts, primitive in workmanship and straggling in arrangement. These groups of houses are more pleasantly situated in Faea than in Raveŋa, since the hurricane which struck the island about fifteen years ago spent the greater part of its force on the windward side, and aided by the abnormally high seas swept away much of the vegetation which formerly lined the beach. Great Casuarina and Callophyllum trees adorn the bays of Faea, and fronted by a screen of undergrowth hide the houses from view off the coast. On the sea frontage of Raveŋa the first line of huts stands bleakly, with nothing but the rise of the beach itself to break the force of the steady trade winds, and with less convenient shade for the people during their leisure time.
