VATE. 



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CHAPTER XII. 



VATE, OB SANDWICH ISLAND— NEW HEBRIDES. 



(August 10 to 18.) 



A Day at Eramanga — Stop at the Port of Vila — Anchor in Havaunah 

 Harbour — The Dayspring again — Costumes of the Natives — Excursion in 

 the Island — Dwellings — Fisherwomen — Cannibalism — Decrease of Popula- 

 tion — Language — Government — Customs — Artistic Skill — Creeds — Teachers 

 and their extravagant Tales — Products. 



On August 13 the ' Cura^oa ' stood off from Tanna, bending 

 its course towards Eramanga, which it reached the same 

 day before nightfall. We passed the 14th off this island, 

 celebrated for its massacres of missionaries and settlers, 

 to which we shall take another opportunity of referring. 



NATIVE HOUSES, VATE. 



On the 15th we left Eramanga for the island of Vate, 

 where we came to anchor, on the 16th, at Malapoa Point, in 

 the port of Vila. 



