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CHAPTER XI. 
FIJIAN CANNIBALISM.—THE GREAT CAULDRON.—NAULUMATUA AND HIS 
APPETITE FOR HUMAN FLESH.—BOKOLA.—VEGETABLES EATEN WITH 
CANNIBAL FOOD.—THE OMINOUS TARO.—APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF 
BODIES EATEN AT NAMOSI.—OVENS FOR BAKING DEAD MEN.—SUSPEN- 
SION OF THE BONES.—NOT ALL FIJIANS CANNIBALS.—EFFORTS OF THE 
LIBERAL PARTY TO SUPPRESS ANTHROPOPHAGISM.—AIDED BY EURO- 
PEANS.—REAL SIGNIFICANCE OF EATING MAN ONLY PARTLY UNDER- 
STOOD.—CONCESSIONS TO HUMANITY.—ABOLITION OF CANNIBALISM 
THROUGHOUT KURUDUADUA’S DOMINIONS. 
Wuev, in August, 1856, Dr. Macdonald, of H.M.S. He- 
rald, then under the command of Captain Denham, and 
the Rey. Samuel Waterhouse, a brother of the gentle- 
man who accompanied us, paid a visit to Kuruduadua’s 
dominions, cannibalism was still one of the recognized 
institutions of the state. “A few days ago,” says Dr. 
Macdonald, “a large canoe from Navua went out on its 
first voyage, when a fleet of the enemy from Serua at- 
tacked it, and succeeded in killing one man, who fell 
overboard. The Serua people now dispersed, and the 
canoe, on returning, landed a detachment with directions 
to surprise the enemy on coming ashore. They fell in 
with a party of seven, four of whom were killed, two fled, 
and one was taken prisoner. The latter was almost im- 
mediately boiled alive in a large cauldron. Kuruduadua, 
the perpetrator of this cruelty, addressed him, in short 
