xviii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



UPOLU—SAMOAN GffOt/'P— continued. 



(July 5 to 10.) 



Apia Bay Consul Williams, son of the Martyr of Eramanga — Mischief caused 



by a hurricane— Resident strangers— Baptisms on board — Sunday at Apia- 

 Catholic bishop— Protestant missionary— Missionary disputes— History of 

 a Bible in the Ellice Islands— Unfair treatment of natives — Visit of the 

 o-reat chief Malietoa — Inconsistent appreciations of native character — Re- 

 markable testimonies in favoM of the Samoans — Natives and whites — Man- 

 ners and customs — Ancient crater — Cascade — Island products . 61-87 



CHAPTER V. 



VAVAU— TONGA GROUP. 



(July 10 to 15.) 



Boscawen and Keppel Islands — Sandy point — Excursion on shore — Mission- 

 aries — Village of Neiafu — Visit to the governor David Unga — His singular 

 mutilation — The guide Papalangi — Iloads and convicts — Volcano of Latte 

 — Curious natural grottoes — Population — Diseases — Grovernment — Laws — 

 Products 88-103 



CHAPTER VI. 



TONGATABU— TONGA GBOUP—contmuei. 



(July 17 to 22.) 



Numerous islands — Volcano of Latte — First trip on shore— Royal palace — 

 Schools — Muscular Christianity — The Wesleyan Mission and its chapel — 

 Captain Crolier and the siege of Bea — Catholic and Protestant missionaries 

 — Their mission houses — Their mutual criminations, and recriminations — 

 Visit to King George — The king's return visit — His Majesty dines on board 

 — Fear of the French — A dinner at the king's— Catholic missionaries — 

 Council-house — The Kava Ring — Public school examinations — Native diver- 

 sions — Tongan Stonehenge — The island and its productions — ^ Climate — 

 Maladies — Population — The i-ace and its customs — Christianity and its 

 efl'ects — Relations of the Tongans with the Fijians — Government and con- 

 stitution 104-142 



CHAPTER VII. 



OVALAU—FIJI GROUP. 



(July 26 to 29.) 



The Island of Neau — Anchorage at Levuka — A visit on shore — The consul 

 and his clerk absent — A French lady and her turn for natural history — 

 Excursion into the interior — Method of kindling wood — Canoe building — 

 Appearance of the natives — Sharks and sword-fish .... 14-3-152 



