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his lifetime, he had accumulated a great number of 
European and American manufactures, curious clocks, 
musical boxes, etc., but on inquiry I found that all 
these things had become scattered. His son would 
ultimately succeed to the chieftainship, and was made a 
great deal of by his people. At present the government 
was in other hands. He was a comely-looking youth, 
of a much lighter complexion than the rest of his 
countrymen. 
' The ‘ Pegasus’ being again late, Mr. Pritchard and I 
started for Kadavu (Kandavu), the largest of the south- 
ernmost islands of the group. Leaving Rewa road on 
the 13th of August at six p.M., we made Tavuki Bay, 
on the northern side of the island, at seven o’clock on 
the following morning, where we took up our quarters 
under the hospitable roof of My. Royce, one of the resi- 
dent missionaries. In consequence of the strong south- 
easterly gale, the temperature was very agreeable, and 
during the previous week Mr. Royce observed the ther- 
mometer to go down to 62° Fahrenheit, the lowest ever 
observed in the group. 
There were three American whaleships in the bay, 
taking in wood, water, and fresh provisions, commanded 
by Captain James Nicols, Charles Nicols, and Thomas 
Sulivan. They had been nearly all their lives in the 
South Sea whaling trade, and were very well known to 
Myr. Pritchard when he was at Samoa. Their business 
had evidently been a lucrative one, and this was to be 
one of their last, if not their last voyage. They had 
hitherto taken in their supplies at Samoa or Tonga, 
but the natives of those two groups had become so ex- 
