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NOUMEA AND PORT VILA 27

Probably because we had been given the best wishes
of an old French lady the result was as unsatisfac-
tory as the evening before. We then resumed our
journey in splendid weather, with a stiff breeze, and
flying through blue spaces on the bright waves, we
rapidly passed several small islands, sighted “ Monu-
ment Rock,” a lonely cliff that rises abruptly out of
the sea to a height of 130 m., and arrived late in the
afternoon at Maei, our destination.