Note 59 — Chapter XVI · NATIVE CULTURE IN PRE-CHRISTIAN TIMES (continued)
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Recollection is naturally clearer of the removal of the statue now at Washington, and particularly of the excellent food given to the natives who assisted. The figure is reported to have been taken from Ahu Apépé, an inland terrace not far from Rano Raraku, and been dragged down to the ship as she lay in La Pérouse Bay.