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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: Kekela he see ship. (PANTOMIME.) He say Missa Whela, "Ma' Whala?"
Missa Whela he say, "Yes." Kanaka they begin go down beach.
Kekela he get eleven Kanaka, get oa' (oars), get evely thing. He
say Missa Whela, "Now you go quick." They jump in whale-boat.
"Now you low!" Kekela he say: "you low quick, quick!" (VIOLENT
PANTOMIME, AND A CHANGE INDICATING THAT THE NARRATOR HAS LEFT THE
BOAT AND RETURNED TO THE BEACH.) All the Kanaka they say, "How!
'Melican mate he go away?" - jump in boat; low afta. (VIOLENT
PANTOMIME, AND CHANGE AGAIN TO BOAT.) Kekela he say, "Low quick!"'
Here I think Kauwealoha's pantomime had confused me; I have no more
of his IPSISSIMA VERBA; and can but add, in my own less spirited
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