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VAN 

 at, 64. Baptism in tlie island, G6. 

 Sunday at, 67. A native teaclier at, 

 67. Visit to the Roman Catholic 

 bishop of, 68, 69. Visit to Mr. 

 Murray, 69. Missionary disputes in, 

 70. Unfair treatment of natives, 71, 

 72. Singular dread of horses, note 72. 

 Inconsistent appreciations of national 

 character, 74, 77. Kemarkable testi- 

 monies in favour of the Samoans, 78, 

 81. Why called ' Godless,' 81. Po- 

 pulation of Upolu, 82. Temperature 

 and climate of, 83. Tokens of -virgi- 

 nity in, 83, 84. Internal communica- 

 tions in, 84. Absence of minerals in, 



84. Natural curiosities of, 84. Vege- 

 tation of, 85. Chief commercial pro- 

 ducts of, 85. Value of the exports, 



85. Articles most in request among 

 the natives, 85. Animals of, 86 



VANIKOEO Island, visit to, 243. 

 Natives and canoes of, 245. Their 

 dress and ornaments, 245-247 



Vanua-Lava, island of, submits to the 

 Tongan supremacy, 140. Visit to, 

 234. Port of, called Port Patteson, 

 234. The natives, and their desire for 

 empty bottles, 235. Vegetation of, 

 236. Animals, birds, and insects 

 of, 2.37, 238. Huts of, .238. Cu- 

 riosities obtained at, 239. A hot 

 river at, 239, 240. Natives of, 

 241. Population of, 241. Climate 

 of, 241. Disease and vegetation of,242 



Vanua-Levu, or North Fijian Island, 

 superficies of, 179 



Vate, or Sandwich Island, or Fate, or 

 Efat, visit to, 215. Native house at, 



215. Appearance of, from the sea, 



216. Vegetation of, 219. Bones of 

 animals, 220, 221. Natives of, 221, 

 222. Women and their dress, 223. 

 Treachery of the men of Vila Island, 

 224. Discovered by Captain Cook, 

 •who named it Sandwich Island, 225. 



VIT 



Extent of, 225. Fertility , 225. 

 Population of, 225. Decrease in the 

 population, 225. Diseases of, 225. 

 Variety of dialects, 225. Government 

 of, 226. Cannibalism in, 226. Al- 

 leged execrable practices of, 226. The 

 Rev. Mr. Tm-ner's account of the na- 

 tives, 227. Commendatory notices 

 by various visitors to them, 227. 

 Teachers and their extravagant tales, 

 228-2.30. Religion of the natives, 

 230. Christianity among them, 230. 

 Animals, birds, fish, and insects in the 

 island, 231. Fruit of, 231. Articles 

 offered or obtained in barter, 232 



Vavau, visit to, 89. Vegetation of, 90, 

 92. Natives of, 90. Missionaries of, 

 91. Excursion in, 91. Shells and 

 birds of, 92. Natives of, 92, Roads 

 of, 94, 96. Vegetation of, 96, 103. 

 Prisoners and their punishments in, 

 96. Soil of, 97. Curious natural 

 caves of, 97. Population of, 101. 

 Diseases of, 102. Form of govern- 

 ment,- and laws of, 102. No indi- 

 genous mammifers, 103. Birds, 103. 

 Products of the island, 103. Under 

 the sway of King George, 141 



Vegetation of Nine, 22, 23, 25. Of 

 Tutuila, 46, 59. Of Upolu, 85. Of 

 Vavau, 90, 92, 96,103. Of Anatom, 

 193. Of Vate, 219. Of Vanua-lava, 

 242. Of San Christoval, 264. Of 

 Guadalcanar, 275 



Veitch, Mr., accompanies the cruise, 2 



Vila, port of, in Sandwich Island, visit 

 to, 215 



Vila Island, treacherous attack on the 

 men of, 224 



Viria, in Viti-Levu, journey of Mr. Fol- 

 jambe up to, 157. Dense popidatiou 

 of, 158 



Viti-Levu, outline of the coast of, 144 



Viti-Levu, the Wai-Levu, or Great 

 River of, 155 



Viti-Levu, or South Fijian Island, 

 superficies of, 179 



