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CHAPTER VIII. 
EXCURSIONS TO KOROIVAU AND NAMARA.—DEPARTURE FROM BAU.—PAS- 
SAGE THROUGH THE GREAT RIVER OF VITI LEVU.—BURETU.—APOSTATE 
CHRISTIANS.—REWA.—ARRIVAL AT TAVUKI, KADAVU.—WHALE SHIPS.— 
ATTEMPT TO ASCEND BUKE LEVU.—THE ISTHMUS OF KADAVU.—GA LOA 
OR BLACK DUCK BAY.—DEPARTURE FOR NAVUA. 
I Took advantage of our stay at Bau, which lasted till 
the 2nd of August, to pay several visits to Namara, 
Koroivau, and several other parts of Viti Levu. There 
was a fine pyramidal temple at Namara, no longer used 
for religious purposes, and near it was standing an iso- 
lated Fan-palm (Pritchardia Pacifica, Seem. et Wendl.), 
both objects peculiarly Fijian. The natives here were 
extremely friendly, and carried us. through bogs and 
mud when occasion required. At first, the children, on 
seeing our white faces, were much frightened, and some 
boys and girls from twelve to fourteen years old would 
run for their lives when we attempted to get near them 
or even looked hard at them. However, they soon got 
reconciled to our colour, or rather want of colour, and 
a few jew’s-harps and beads, judiciously distributed, 
would make them as happy as kings and quite attached 
to us. The women were busy grating the seeds of the 
Ivi (Inocarpus edulis, Forst.), now ripe, and made into 
bread. The hill-sides were planted with a great number 
