This is an another excerpt from Paul Callister's writings about their trip to the South Seas. They were on the Fiji Islands at this point:
"Verne and I hired a cab to take us to the L.D.S. meeting house. It is by far the most beautiful church on the island and it only has one hundred and twenty-four members. It is new and the stone work is of coral, modern in every way with a steeple extending into the blue.
On our way back we stopped off in town to do some shopping. Verne is a great help to one trying to make a purchase. He loves an argument and would get into one with every shop keeper over their prices. The stores are mostly run by natives of India. As the Chinese were the shop owners in Tahiti and controlled the wealth, here in Suva the Indians are the wealthy class. You can bargain with the Chinese, but the Indian is different, he has one price an that is it..."
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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