38 THE CORAL LANDS OF THE PACIFIC. 



Arthur had every reason to congratulate himself on the result 

 of his labours, when Mudu, chief of the Quali Mari, declared 

 that he was of a very different mind. He hated Christianity, 

 and he hated the Government, and he had only attended the 

 meeting in the hope that Kolikoli had called them together to 

 concert measures for an immediate attack on the Christian 

 camp at Nasaucoko. Another mountaineer took the same side, 

 and the meeting broke up in confusion. 



His Excellency then returned to Nadi, a settlement on the 

 west coast of Viti Levu, and at the mouth of the river of that 

 name ; and afterwards had a three days' journey to Cuvu, a 

 town close by Nadroga, a harbour to the south-east of the same 

 island. On his line of march, a village, about a mile from 

 where the viceregal party were supping, was burnt by the can- 

 nibals, and the insurrection commenced in earnest. 



The various rokos or chiefs were now called upon to con- 

 tribute their men for the war. They came from Vanua Levu 

 in the north, and from Kandavu in the south, over a distance 

 of 150 miles by sea, at the order of the new Kovanna, as they 

 termed the Governor, who had shown sympathy with their 

 race, and confidence in themselves. The armed police, under 

 Captain Olive, had been encamped at Nasaucoko. Two 

 columns were formed : one, composed of the ' regulars ' or 

 armed constabulary, under the command of Captain Knollys of 

 the 32nd Regiment, was to advance against the mountaineers 

 in their fortresses ; the other, consisting of Nadrog and Sigo- 

 toka men, was to operate against the Quali Mari tribe, who had 

 committed the ravages on the Sigatoka river. This was under 

 the direction of Mr. Gordon, the Governor's private secretary, 

 who was appointed deputy-commissioner of Viti Levu for the 

 emergency. A force of auxiliaries, under Mr. Le Hunt, occupied 

 the former police camp at Nasaucoko, while Mr. Walter Carew 



