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vow. " Well," Soromato replied, " I still adhere to that 

 determination, and shall do so as long as I live.' 1 



I quote this as a specimen of the way in which a 

 certain party of heathen, untaught Fijians, endeavour 

 to bring about the same reform in their customs, which, 

 from different points of view, and with different means, 

 their best friends have for years laboured to effect. 



