"I never saw so good a place as this Apia," said one of these; "you can be in a new conspiracy every day!" Many, on the other hand, are sincerely concerned for the future of the country.

The quarters are so close and the scale is so small, that perhaps not any one can be trusted always to preserve his temper.

Every one tells everything he knows; that is our country sickness.

Nearly every one has been betrayed at times, and told a trifle more; the way our sickness takes the predisposed.

And the news flies, and the tongues wag, and fists are shaken.