196 A MISSION TO VITI. 
long been thinking of taking a wife to himself. At last 
his mind seemed to be made up. ‘Put mast and sail in 
the canoe,’ he said, ‘ and let us take some women from 
Rokoua, the God of Naicobocobo.’* ‘When do you 
think of starting?’ inquired his friend. ‘I shall go in 
broad daylight, was the reply, ‘or do you think I am 
a coward to choose the night for my work!’ All things 
being ready, the two friends set sail, and anchored to- 
wards sunset off Naicobocobo. There they waited one, 
two, three days, without, contrary to Fijian customs, any 
friendly communication from the shore reaching them, 
for Rokoua, probably guessing their intentions, had 
‘strictly forbidden his people to take any food to the 
canoe. Rokoua’s repugnance, however, was not shared 
by his household. His daughter, the lovely Naiogabui,t 
who diffused so sweet and powerful a perfume that, if 
the wind blew from the east, the perfume could be per- 
ceived in the west, and if it blew from the west, it could 
be perceived in the east—in consequence of which, and 
on account of her great personal beauty, all the: young 
men fell in love with her. Naiogabui ordered one of 
her female slaves to cook a yam, and take it to the fo- 
reign canoe, and at the same time inform its owner that 
she would be with him at the first opportunity. To give 
a further proof of her affection, she ordered all the wo- 
men in Naicobocobo to have a day’s fishing. This order 
having been promptly executed, and the fish cooked, 
Naiogabui herself swam off with it during the night, and 
presented it to the Rewa God. 
* Naicobocobo, on the western extremity of Vanua Levu, the supposed 
starting-point of departed spirits for Bulu, the future place of abode. 
t Naiogabui, z.e. one who smells sweetly. 
