A Son of the Sun   (First published as "The Goat Man of Fuatino"
in   The defects of the position on the Big Rock were vital.
There was neither food nor water. For several nights,
accompanied by one of the Raiatea men, Mauriri swam to the head
of the bay for supplies. Then came the night when lights flared
on the water and shots were fired. After that the water-side of
the Big Rock was invested as well.  "It's a funny situation,"
Brown remarked, who was getting all the adventure he had been
led to believe resided in the South Seas. "We've got hold and
can't let go, and Raoul has hold and can't let go. He can't get
away, and we're liable to starve to death holding him."  "If the
rain came, the rock-basins would fill," said Mauriri. It was
their first twenty-four hours without water. "Big Brother, to-
night you and I will get water. It is the work of strong men."
That night, with cocoanut calabashes, each of quart capacity and
tightly stoppered, he led Grief down to the water from the
peninsula side of the Big