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CHAPTER VI. 
STAY AT NAVUA.—CHIEF KURUDUADUA’S HOUSEHOLD.—“‘ HARRY THE JEW.” 
—A PRINCE AS HE WAS BORN.—MASSACRE PREVENTED.—KURUDUADUA’S 
CHARACTER.—STATEMENT OF MR. HEEKES RESPECTING THE NAMUKA 
OUTRAGE.—TOWN AND BURES OF NAVUA.—TATOOING.—RETURN TO LADO, 
WE were soon at Navua, a town some three miles up 
the river, and the residence of Kuruduadua, the great 
chief of this district. The messenger dispatched from 
our last halting-place having announced our visit, we 
found the chieftain seated in his large house, sur- 
rounded by councillors and attendants, awaiting his 
guests. As he and his territory are little known to the 
whites, our arrival created some sensation. ‘The cere- 
mony of presentation is novel. On entering the house, 
Charles Wise, our interpreter and guide, as already 
schooled, addressed the chief to the effect that the 
Consul had come to introduce a chief from England, 
who had been sent to explore the country; and that 
we purposed doing ourselves the honour of being his 
guests for several days. After a few minutes’ silence, 
the chief orator replied, in the name of Kuruduadua 
(it would have been against Fijian etiquette for the 
latter to address us personally at the first formal visit), 
that the strauger chief and the Consul were welcome, 
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