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A band of strangers coming from the far distance over the great ocean brought with them a young tree of a species never seen before by the inhabitants of the island. It was planted in a deep valley, and as the suns of many seasons passed over its head it grew into a tall and mighty tree, graceful in its shape as it was vast in size. Many were the conversations which went on among the natives as to value or use of the timber, but no one had the hardihood to try and prove by actual experiment whether the timber was soft or durable. At last the young chief Oa, who had heard from voyagers to other islands that of trees like this were made the famous ironwood spears seen in 