HISTORY OF “HARRY THE JEW.” 101 
acted as agent in the selection and purchase of a lady- 
love from a native chief. This brought him once more 
in contact with the disagreeable whites. He now com- 
menced a béche-de-mer establishment, in conjunction with 
his friend Pickering, who had given him the nickname 
of “ Harry the Jew,” in consequence of the watch trans- 
action. After some months in his new business, a quar- 
rel arises about the purchase of Flash Bob’s wife; the 
drying-house of the establishment is burnt down by a 
party of natives; Pickering, enraged that his property 
has been destroyed, takes everything away, leaving poor 
Danford once more penniless, shirtless, and friendless, on 
the beach. His nickname, translated into Fijian, has 
begun to work mischief amongst the newly-converted 
natives, and he is denied hospitalities the heathens 
would not refuse, because he “belongs to a people who 
have killed Christ.” ‘The brother of Chief Kurudua- 
dua, hearing of his forlorn condition, sends him an offer 
to reside at Namosi, his mountain residence, which offer 
is hesitatingly accepted. His heart almost fails him as 
he toils his way into the very midst of a nation of canni- 
bals. But iron necessity urges him on. Tired and 
footsore, almost in an absolute state of nudity, he 
reaches the town. Messengers meet him and carry him 
on their shoulders. The chief then gives him wives, 
—how many we shall not say,—a yam plantation, two 
gardens, houses, and dispatches bales of native cloth 
to the coast, to be exchanged for European dresses for 
him. He is also raised to the dignity of a “brother,” 
and allotted slaves to attend upon him. Our hero— 
happy man!—now, for the first time in his life, finds 
