An Old C.I. Custom.

The steamer “Beulah” (Flood Bros.

Line), a well-known freighter in the South Seas, recently ran on the rocks off the coast of British Colombia, Canada.

She was refloated and taken to Victoria, where she later sank when tied up along side a dock.

It is the native custom, in the Cook Islands, to place his most treasured possessions upon the grave of a deceased person. Thus, one may see sewing-machines, phonographs, typewriters, etc., patiently rusting away. In the above photo graph, taken in Rarotonga by W. H. Watson, one sees a large iron bedstead that has been placed upon a grave in the bush.