272 A MISSION TO VITI. 



" 2nd. To commence from this date an era of peace and friendship. 



" 3rd. To receive and protect the teachers of the Christian religion. 



" 4th. To encourage trade and commerce throughout the Macuata ter- 

 ritories, and to protect all legitimate traders and settlers. 



" 5th. To dissolve all political connection, and to confine themselves to 

 legitimate and friendly intercourse with the Tongans. 



" Between Ritova and other chiefs of Fiji and Maafu, chief of 



Tonga. 



" 1st. That Wai-ni-golo shall, within fourteen hours, retire for ever 

 from the Macuata territories, and shall not again appear within the line 

 of country from Nacewa Bay on the one side, to Bua Bay on the other. 



" 2nd. That no Tongans shall visit the Macuata territories, or appear 

 within the above-named limits, for twelve months from this date. 



" 3rd. That Tongans in the service of the Wesleyan or other missions 

 are exempted from the above restrictions. 



" 4th. That if any of the above articles are infringed, Maafu agrees 

 that Wai-ni-golo shall be sent from Fiji to his native country. 



" The three last articles were inserted in the treaty at my re- 

 commendation, as I foresaw that if the Tongans were allowed 

 to remain on the Vanua Levu, any good effect which might 

 otherwise result from our visit would be completely done away 

 with ; and in compliance with them at dawn on the morning of 

 the 22nd of July, the two large double canoes, in which Wai- 

 ni-golo and his followers had come to Macuata, were launched, 

 and by eight A.M. were under weigh, with a strong and fair 

 wind, for Lakeba ; a more picturesque scene than their depar- 

 ture, as they crossed the ' Pelorus's ' bow, beating their drums 

 and cheering most lustily, I have seldom witnessed. In the 

 course of the same day Cakobau and Maafu quitted the ship, 

 and sailed for Levuka in Cakobau's large canoe, and in the 

 afternoon I landed at Macuata, accompanied by Ritova, and 

 saw him and many of his people re-established in their former 

 habitations. 



" Having thus seen tranquillity re-established in Vanua Levu, 

 I quitted Macuata on the morning of the 23rd July, having 

 Kitova and two of his retainers on board, they being desirous 

 of seeing the working of the engines ; and on getting clear of 

 the Mali passage we discharged them and Mr. Pritchard to the 



