nd, more frequently than otherwise, the unscrupulous traders
were cheating the unsophisticated people, so that the Professor had to
take a firm hand, and declare that no transfers would be made until the
sales had been investigated.

This made the prices of lands go up by leaps and bounds, and the
Professor told the people that they should not sell their holdings, as
it would be much better for them to own and till the farms than to sell
them and then work for the owners.

All this tended to make the people appreciate that they really owned
something--that they had wealth and power within their grasp. Then
began, or rather was carried out more systematically, the founding of
schools, and by many means the parents themselves were induced to attend
the schools.

All were taught English. With the large funds that the state had
obtained in selling a portion of the state lands, the Professor sent for
teachers from the United States, and these came prepared to take up the
work all over the island.

The most interested workers were the Korinos, as they were called on
Rescue Island, and Krishnos on Wonder Island. The Professor's first
work, after the conquest of the savages, was to educate those people for
teaching, and in this they were found to be very efficient workers.

The Korinos brought from Rescue were placed under the tuition of the
Krishnos, and it was surprising to see how happily they regarded their
lot, and what progress they made after they understood what was
required.

Although we have not a full account of all the products shipped from
Wonder Island during the first six months, it might be stated that
during the last thirty days, the shipments from the port of Unity,
comprised 60,000 pounds of coffee, eighteen tons of bananas, and six
hundred quintals of spices, besides over four hundred tons of fibres, of
which jute formed one-half.

It is estimated that within another year, when many of the large
plantations should be ready to yield their products, that amount would
be increased to such an extent that several additional ships would be
necessary to carry the tonnage.

The foregoing is particularly instanced to show what John could point
out to the Chiefs who were now their guests, and to impress upon them
the necessity and value of adopting such a land system as they had
established.

Ephraim readily understood and approved of the plan, but it was not so
easy for Ta Babeda, and Beralsea. At the qui