8 CONTENTS. 



sionaries — Christian and Heathen Parties at War with each other — 

 Arrival of a "War Canoe filled with Christian Warriors — Eight Heathens 

 or Devils killed in a skirmish — Visited by severel Heathen Chiefs — 

 Their Complaints against the Christians — Description of Nookualofa 

 Town — Manufacture of Tapa — Visits of the two Kings, Josiah and 

 George, at the Observatory — An American Whale Ship Wrecked — Pre- 

 parations for going to Sea — Pilot refuses to take us out of the Harbor — 

 Proceed to Sea — Productions and Climate of Tonga Island — Intercourse 

 with the Fejee Group — Manners — Customs— Government — Religion — 

 Education — Missionaries 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Arrival at the Fejee Islands — Description of Levuka Harbor — Visit from 

 its Head Chief — Visited the Shore — Beautiful Scenery — Witness a 

 Native Female Dance — The Grrls beg from us some Paint — King Toanoa 

 arrives from Ambou — His reception — The King and his Chiefs visit the 

 Ship — His alarm at the sound of the guns — He spends on board all the 

 following day — His return to Ambou — Receive a visit from his Queen 

 and eldest Son — The cruel character of the latter — The Peacock cap- 

 tures the Chief Vendovi — An account of his attack on the " Charles Dag- 

 gett" — Send officers and men to the Observatory to protect it against 

 a night attack from the Natives — Taboo taken off the Cocoanut trees — 

 Sail for Saver Bay — Hot Springs in its vicinity — Superstition of the 

 Natives — Sail for Sandal Wood Bay — Broils between two brothers — 

 Receive from the " Peacock" the prisoner Vendovi — The Vincennes' 1st 

 Cutter captured by the Natives — Send au Expedition to punish them and 

 recover the Boat — Mr. Baxter of the brig " Leonidas" dies from an ex- 

 plosion — Sail for Matawata Bay — Description of the Town — The King's 

 Wives — Our Surveying Signals are stolen by the Natives — The King is 

 Compelled to restore them — Two of our officers are massacred by the 

 Inhabitants of Malolo — Destruction of their Town, and other punishment 

 inflicted on them — Tribute to the Dead by the Chaplain of the Expe- 

 dition — Meeting of Officers for the purpose of subscribing towards the 

 erection of a Monument in the Cemetery at Mount Auburn — Bid adieu to 

 the Fejee Islands, 



CHAPTER XIV 



Extent of the Fejee Group — Soil and Productions — Description of the 

 Inhabitants — How they wear their Hair — Power of the Chiefs over the 

 common people — Women treated as Slaves — How they carry Messages 



