rlie.' When
the last litter of pigs was born, each family on the place was given a
pig. Elena chose a spotted boar, which she named Sale Taylor, and
Lafaele took what he calls a 'mare pig,' that is, a little sow. Both
pigs have been tamed and trot around after Elena and Fanua like pug
dogs. They go to bed with their mistresses every night like babies,
and must also be fed once in the night with milk like babies. Both
pigs came to prayers this morning.... Talolo's brother, a beautiful
young boy, has elephantiasis.[54] He has had it for a long time--about
a year--but was afraid to tell. Worse than that has happened; one of
our boys had a fit of insanity, during which it required the exertions
of the entire household to restrain him from running off into the bush
and losing himself. It became necessary to tie him down to the bed
with strips of sheeting and ropes. The strangest thing about this
occurrence is that Lafaele restored him to his senses in a short time
by chewing up certain leaves that he brought from the bush and then
putting them into the sick boy's ears and nostrils. I had a talk with
Lafaele about his remedy. He told me that in case of lockjaw, if these
chewed leaves are forced up the nostrils, first the jaw, then the
muscles, will soon relax and the cure is accomplished. For some reason
he seems unwilling to point out the tree to me.... Talolo affords us
much amusement with his naive ideas. I said to him, 'It seems to me
that you Samoans do not feel badly about anything very long.' 'Yes, we
do,' said Talolo, seeming much hurt by the accusation. 'When a man's
wife runs away he feels badly for two or three days.'

[Footnote 54: A disease of the tropics, said to be
transmitted by the bite of mosquitoes, which causes
enormous enlargement of the parts affected. Mrs.
Stevenson cured this boy, Mitaele, of elephantiasis by
Dr. Funk's remedy of rubbing the diseased vein with blue
ointment and giving him a certain prescribed drug.]

"_July 3, 1893._ Nothing is talked of or thought of but the impending
war. One of our former men came up yesterday to draw out his wages. I
asked him if he meant to act like a coward and take heads of wounded
men. He said he meant to take all the heads he could get. I reasoned
with him, as did Lloyd, but he stood respectfully firm, saying that
each people had its own customs. I am afraid the government has