400 A MISSION TO VITI. 



any chance whatever of getting to Bulu. First they have 

 to meet the spirit of a great woman, and, having eluded 

 her fatal grasp, face a still more powerful foe. Naga- 

 naga, a bitter hater of all unmarried men, is on the 

 look-out for them, and if he catches them, dashes them 

 to pieces on a large black stone. 



Some of the traditions speak of Bulu as Lagi ( = 

 Langi), the sky, the heavens; others again as being 

 under the water : all however assert that in this future 

 abode there are several districts. The names of Lagi 

 tua dua, Lagi tua rua, and Lagi tua tolu, the first, the 

 second, and the third heavens, are given to them by one 

 set of traditions, and that of Murimuria and Burotu by 

 the others. Murimuria seems to be a district of infe- 

 rior happiness, where punishments and rewards are 

 awarded. Burotu is the Fijian Elysium, where all that 

 the natives most desire, value, and enjoy, is abundant. 

 The manly nature of the Fijian is nowhere better dis- 

 played than in the conception of his future abode. He 

 does not expect to exist there in indolent ease, reclining 

 on soft couches, and sipping nectar handed by lovely 

 houris, but hopes to resume all the out-door exercises 

 to which he has been habituated during his stay on 

 earth. Food will be plentiful, it is true, but there will 

 be lots of canoes, plenty of sailing, fishing, and sporting 

 plenty of action. In fact, he hopes to lead very much 

 the same life as he does here, and his admiration for 

 fine, well developed people will be gratified ; for, if ac- 

 counts may be trusted, all will be larger than they were 

 on earth. There does not seem to be any separation 

 between the abodes of the good and the wicked, nothing 

 that corresponds to our heaven and hell, no fire and 



