Of all our outposts Hanga Roa seems to be the most remote. It is a nearly forgotten settling on the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui, the Easter Island. In centuries gone by, the natives erected stone giants with pale eyes. These strange faces stared inland, always seeming anxious to turn their backs to the ocean. Archeologists trying to explain the convoluted threads of Polynesian history never understood the true meaning of the islanders’ paranoid rituals. --- Today the telegraph in Hanga Roa remains silent. The mailboat has been expected in Valparaiso yesterday. No need to worry yet, but the seismographs at the Universidad de Santiago have reported ground motions, repeated concussions almost rhythmic in nature, modulated with a very low and disturbing frequency out there at Rapa Nui.