CONTENTS. xiii 



CHAPTEE IX. 



Page 



Departure from Kadavu. Arrival at Navua. A Court of Justice. 

 Starting for the Interior. The Navua River. Its Fine Scenery. 

 Rapids. A Canoe upset. Town of Nagadi. Hospitable Recep- 

 tion. Soromato. Kidnapping. Family Prayers. Heathen 

 Temple. A Large Snake to be Cooked. March across the Country. 

 VumVaivutuku. A Difficult Road. A Purse Lost. No Thieves. 

 Arrival at Namosi. Danford's Establishment. His Usefulness 

 as a Pioneer ..... .146 



CHAPTER X. 



Popular Ideas Respecting the Interior of Viti Levu. Malachite and 

 Antimony. Ascent of Voma Peak. Visit to a Heathen Temple. 

 " Spirit Fowls." Official Meeting with Kuruduadua and his 

 Subjects. A Rebellion to be Suppressed. Presentation of Food. 

 "The Oldest Inhabitants." A Court- Fool and his Tricks. Mr. 

 Waterhouse Preaching. Departure of Colonel Smythe and Messrs. 

 Pritchard and Waterhouse, for Nadroga 160 



CHAPTER XI. 



Fijian Cannibalism. The Great Cauldron. Naulumatua and his Ap- 

 petite for Human Flesh. Bokola. Vegetables Eaten with Cannibal 

 Food. The Ominous Taro. Approximate Number of Bodies eaten 

 at Namosi. Ovens for Baking Dead Men. Suspension of the 

 Bones. Not all Fijians Cannibals. Efforts of the Liberal Party to 

 Suppress Anthropophagism. Aided by Europeans. Real Signifi- 

 cance of Eating Man only Partly Understood. Concessions to Hu- 

 manity. Abolition of Cannibalism throughout Kuruduadua's Do- 

 minions ... .... .'.... 173 



CHAPTER XII. 



Stay at Namosi Prolonged. The Governor's Attention. "Crown 

 Jewels." The Clerk of the Weather. Sorcerers. Fijian Family 

 Life. Story-Tellers Popular A Fijian Tale 186 



