CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE I. 



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Departure from England. Arrival at Sydney. Voyage to Fiji. 

 The 'John Wesley.' The Pitcairners at Norfolk Island. First 

 Glimpse of Fiji. Lakeba. The Tongtiese. Visit to a Mission 

 Station. First Botanical Excursion. Hints to Collectors. Native 

 Church. Bark-cloth Manufacture. Tomb of a Chief. Missionary 

 Life. Departure from Lakeba ....... 1 



CHAPTEE II. 



Island of Taviuni. The King of Cakaudrove. Elephantiasis. 

 Kind Offer of Mr. Waterhouse and Captain Wilson. Somosomo, 

 its Advantages and Disadvantages. Queen Eleanor. Ascent of 

 Summit of Taviuni. A Eoyal Escort. Sylvan Scene. Arrival at 

 the Top. Singular Swamp of Vegetable Turtle Fat. Dinner. 

 Timidity of the Natives. Chief Golea's Eeturn from a Military 

 Expedition. Polygamy. The Eotuma-Men. Wairiki. Arrival 

 of the ' Paul Jones '. 19 



CHAPTEE III. 



Fiji as a Cotton-growing Country. Cotton not Indigenous but Na- 

 turalized. Native Names. Number of Species. Average Pro- 

 duce of the Wild Cotton. Excellence of Fijian Cotton acknow- 

 ledged at Manchester. Efforts of British Consul and Missionaries 

 to extend its Cultivation. The First Thousand Pounds of Cotton 

 sent Home. Establishment of a Plantation at Somosomo, Wakaya, 

 and Nukunioto. Prospects of Cotton-growing in Fiji . . .48 



