400 A MISSION TO VITI. 
any chance whatever of getting to Bulu. First they have 
to meet the spirit of a great woman, and, having eluded 
her fatal grasp, face a still more powerful foe. Naga- 
naga, a bitter hater of all unmarried men, is on the 
look-out for them, and if he catches them, dashes them 
to pieces ona large black stone. 
Some of the traditions speak of Bulu as Lagi (= 
Langi), the sky, the heavens; others again as being 
under the water: all however assert that in this future 
abode there are several districts. The names of Lagi 
tua dua, Lagi tua rua, and Lagi tua tolu, the first, the 
second, and the third heavens, are given to them by one 
set of traditions, and that of Murimuria and Burotu by 
the others. Murimuria seems to be a district of infe- 
rior happiness, where punishments and rewards are 
awarded. Burotu is the Fijian Elysium, where all that 
the natives most desire, value, and enjoy, is abundant. 
The manly nature of the Fijian is nowhere better dis- 
played than in the conception of his future abode. He 
does not expect to exist there in indolent ease, reclining 
on soft couches, and sipping nectar handed by lovely 
houris, but hopes to resume all the out-door exercises 
to which he has been habituated during his stay on 
earth. Food will be plentiful, it is true, but there will 
be lots of canoes, plenty of sailing, fishing, and sporting 
—-plenty of action. In fact, he hopes to lead very much 
the same life as he does here, and his admiration for 
fine, well developed people will be gratified ; for, if ac- 
counts may be trusted, all will be larger than they were 
on earth. There does not seem to be any separation 
between the abodes of the good and the wicked, nothing 
that corresponds to our heaven and hell, no fire and 
