Gurden

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The affection they cherished for old Gurden was very strongly shown when I told them of his death, and I am now living with the relatives of the woman he married here so many years ago.

Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Louis Becke 1884

Old Gurden, the trader there, and my husband had had business dealings with each other for many years.

Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Louis Becke 1884

Besides that, the big island is inhabited, so Gurden said, and the natives are a lot of savages.

Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Louis Becke 1884

Arrecifos, he knew, did not belong to any nation, and both he and old Gurden thought that the British Consul at Honolulu would give us what is, I think, called a 'letter of protection,' whereby a

Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Louis Becke 1884

Tracey was to stand in with us, too -- old Gurden and myself were each to give him one-tenth.

Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Louis Becke 1884

There were then over seven hundred natives living on these thirteen islands, and Gurden said he could quite understand why the richness of the pearl beds were never discovered by white men, for no ship had ever entered the lagoon within the memory of any living native of the place, and not once in ten years did the people even see

Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Louis Becke 1884

He also meant to buy some diving suits and pumping gear, for Gurden had said that he believed the best shell in the lagoon was to be obtained at a depth of eighteen fathoms -- too deep for the ordinary native method of diving.

Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Louis Becke 1884

Now that big island, so Gurden told you, is much higher than any of the rest; it has not only plenty of coconuts, but groves of breadfruit as well, and there are several native wells there.

Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Louis Becke 1884

From the very first Gurden became weaker, and on the fourth or fifth day out he told us that he did not believe he would live through the night.

Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Louis Becke 1884