The blessing pronounced, the congregation disperse; enlivening the Broom Road with their waving mantles.

On either hand, they disappear down the shaded pathways, which lead off from the main route, conducting to hamlets in the groves, or to the little marine villas upon the beach.

There is considerable hilarity; and you would suppose them just from an old-fashioned "hevar," or jolly heathen dance.

Those who carry Bibles swing them carelessly from their arms by cords of sinnate.
The Sabbath is no ordinary day with the Tahitians.

So far as doing any work is concerned, it is scrupulously observed.