The Coral Lands of the Pacific: Their Peoples And Their Products...
The Coral Lands of the Pacific: Their Peoples And Their Products...
H Stonehewer Cooper
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A better, or more elegantly served dinner one would scarcely expect in Sydney : everything is in profusion, even to champagne and soda-water. This David, like all his colleagues, apes the manners of a British officer. One remark he made was very characteristic of the man. My friend per- ceived on a Sunday afternoon that he did not leave the house, although his people were all at church for the second time. He inquired the reason, and the Governor replied, *I have been this morning; too much chu...rch is not good. I have 3IO THE CORAL LANDS OF THE PACIFIC, been told that TgngliaTi gentlemen do not go to clinrcli more than once a day. We got our religion and laws from the EnglisL Why then should we not imitate their religious customs f The religion referred to is that of the Protestant mission- aries, and, of course, the established religion is Protestant ; bnt toleration of all other creeds is the rule in Tonga, and no oppression of minorities is permitted It is a far cry from Livadia to Tongatabu, but ' Holy ' Kussia might take a lesson from the 'savages' of the South Sea, and possibly be able to reduce her Pohsh garrisons.
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