Effects of the intention to take 

 Vendovi. 



FEEJEE GROUP. 



Effects of the intention to take 

 Vendovi. 



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crew were killed, eight of them in the biche de 

 mar house, and the mate and boy near the boat. 

 The people of the towns of Numbuwallo, Lueti, 

 and Roro, had cut large vines to pass under the 

 cable, for the purpose of hauling the vessel on 

 shore during the night. He also stated that a 

 black man had been roasted and eaten by the 

 natives, but that he himself did not partake. Nine 

 bodies were given up to Paddy Connel, and were 

 taken on board, sewed up in canvass, and sunk 

 alongside. The bodies afterwards floated on shore, 

 and were eaten by the natives. His statement, 

 therefore, conformed to that of Paddy in all im- 

 portant particulars. 



Vendovi likewise mentioned another act of his, 

 as follows. About two years before, the mate of 

 the whale-ship Nimrod, of Sydney, New South 

 f Wales, landed at Kantavu to purchase provisions. 

 Vendovi saw some large whales' teeth in possession 

 of the mate, in order to obtain which, he made him 

 and the boat's crew prisoners. He then told the 



mate to write to his captain to ransom him and his 

 men, and that he must have fifty whales' teeth, 

 four axes, two plates, a case of pipes, a bundle of 

 fish-hooks, an iron pot, and a bale of cloth. These 

 were all sent him, and they were released, he giving 

 the mate a present of a head of tortoise-shell. 



Captain Hudson, having thus successfully ac- 

 complished the capture of Vendovi, steered for 

 Kantavu, in order, if possible, to bring to punish- 

 ment more of the offenders; but the wind fell 

 light, and he found that the ship had drifted, during 

 the night, to the eastward of the Astrolabe Reef, 

 and consequently would be compelled, in proceed- 

 ing to Kantavu, to retrace his route. This would 

 have occupied much time, and the prospect of 

 gaining their port would have been faint. He 

 therefore determined, as the allotted time for join- 

 ing the boats had nearly expired, to bear up for 

 the west end of Vitilevu; where I shall now leave 

 him, and return to Levuka, to the rest of the 

 squadron. 



CHAPTER XXV. 

 FEEJEE GROUP (CONTINUED). 



EFFECTS OF THE INTENTION TO TAKE VENDOVI FEAR OF AN ATTACK ON THE OBSERVATORY SERU DETAINED AS 

 HOSTAGE PREPARATIONS FOR RESISTANCE RETURN OF THE FLYING-FISH TOVA REEF ISLANDS OF TOTOIA 

 MATUKU MOALA REPORT OF MIDSHIPMAN MAY MOTURIKI CRUISE IN THE FLYING-FISH RABE-RABE 

 POINT RETURN TO LEVUKA H. B. M. SHIP SULPHUR /VISIT FROM SERU SECOND CRUISE IN THE FLYING-FISH 

 WAKAIA DIRECTION ISLAND ISLAND OF VUNA TOWN OF SOMU-SOMU GOAT ISLAND MISSIONARIES AT 

 SOMU-SOMU CANNIBAL FEAST JUNCTION WITH THE PORPOISE COUNCIL OF CHIEFS CEREMONIES OF AVA 

 DRINKING RETURN TO OVOLAU PROCEEDINGS OF THE PORPOISE BETWEEN 8TH OF MAY AND 9lH OF JUNE 

 ONGEA FULANGA ISLANDS OF MORAMBA ENKABA KAMBARA, &C. FIRST VISIT TO LAKEMBA TUI NEAU 

 DEPARTURE OF THE PORPOISE FROM LAKEMBA THE TWO AIVAS ARGO REEF ONEATA OBSERVATORY ISLAND 

 SECOND VISIT TO LAKEMBA ASCENT OF KENDI-KENDI WORSHIP AT THE MISSION CHURCH HARBOURS OF 

 LAKEMBA LEVUKIANS GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF LAKEMBA ISLANDS OF NAIAU TABUTHA KATAFANGA, &C. 

 ISLAND OF MUNIA ITS HIGHEST PEAK ASCENDED ISLANDS OF TICUMBIA SUSUI, &C. PORPOISE ARRIVES 

 AT SOMU-SOMU FLYING-FISH LEAVES SOMU-SOMU FAWN HARBOUR ISLAND OF RATIVA RETURN TO LEVUKA 

 H. B. M. SCHOONER STARLING VISIT TO CAPTAIN BELCHER HIS OPINION OF THE REGULATIONS NUKULAU 

 ISLANDS SURVEYED BY LIEUTENANT UNDERWOOD TOWN OF COROBAMBA COBU ROCK ISLAND OF ANGAU 

 RETURN OF LIEUTENANT UNDERWOOD REEF OF ANGAU ESCAPE OF THE FLYING-FISH FROM WRECK VIN- 

 CENNES LEAVES LEVUKA DIRECTION ISLAND DANGERS OF THE PASSAGE TO SAVU-SAVU AMBUSH OF THE 

 NATIVES BAY OF SAVU-SAVU HOT-SPRINGS ISLAND OF GORO AND HORSESHOE REEF VINCENNES AND PEA- 

 COCK ANCHOR IN SANDALWOOD BAY. 



IMMEDIATELY after despatching Paddy Connel on 

 his errand to Captain Hudson, Whippy came to me. 

 He had heard, on board the ship, some intimation 

 of the purport of the message sent to Rewa by 

 Connel, and he advised me to be on my guard for 

 the first movement after Vendovi's capture. He 

 thought that an endeavour would be made by the 

 people of Ambau to surprise the observatory, and 

 to take me prisoner, (for the purpose of ransoming 

 Vendovi,) for they ai'e closely allied to those of 

 Rewa. As our distance from Ambau was no more 

 than a few hours' travel, it would be easy for 

 Tanoa, or his son Seru, to fall upon us with a 

 thousand men, before we could have any notice 

 whatever of their approach. After hearing all he 

 had to say upon the subject, T sent him for Tui 

 Levuka, who came to my tent. His amazement 

 was great when he was told what was in progress, 

 and he seemed to be almost beside himself for 



a few moments. When he was sufficiently re- 

 covered, I told him that I put implicit confidence 

 in him ; that if he suffered me to be surprised -by 

 any force, on him and his people would rest the 

 responsibility, and that I looked to him to give me 

 the earliest notice of any attempt to attack me. 

 This he accordingly promised, and, at the same 

 time, he told Whippy, the most probable persons 

 from whom any attack would come wouM be the 

 mountaineers, who were all now under the influence 

 of Ambau, and would be easily induced to attack 

 us. A thousand of them, according to his opinion, 

 might be upon us in a few hours ; but we had 

 little to fear before dawn of day, for that was the 

 only time at which they made an attack, choosing 

 the time of the second or soundest sleep. He then 

 went off to send out his scouts and spies, in order 

 to bring me the earliest information. 



Seru was on board the ship when I heard these 

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