Liffects of the Hurricane. 201 
The wind had scorched them as a great bush fire would have 
done. The garden round the mission house was now a pitiable 
-spectacle—strewed with thatch, broken trees, branches, and 
fences. But Anelcauhat was on the lee side of the island dur- 
ing this gale. At Anamé things were still worse. For there 
the sea came up to help in the general work of destruction ; 
and rolling up far beyond its usual limits, smashed all the 
boats, sheds, and fences along the line of beach. 
The hurricane reached its height between four and five in 
the morning, and during that time nearly all the damage was 
done. The barometer fell 1°60 inches, zz, to 28°28 just before 
the storm was at its highest, but rose quickly after that. This 
hurricane was felt very severely all over the group, also on 
New Caledonia, and, I believe, on Fiji. It evidently came 
from somewhere about the N.W., and had a circular motion, 
in the direction that the hands of a watch move. 
For a few days after the wreck everyone was busy, getting 
goods from the wreck and storing them ; and boats were busy 
plying to and fro with all sorts of cargoes, the whole scene be- 
ing quite in the Swiss-family Robinson style. If there was any- 
thing that reconciled me to the wreck of the poor old “ Day- 
spring” and of our hopes of getting speedily to the colonies, it 
was the signal triumph over our old enemies the cockroaches. 
They were conquered at last. They found a watery grave— 
every cockroach of them—and will torment the human species 
no more. 
As the position of the vessel was somewhat precarious, 
the captain deemed it prudent to have her reported on by 
three carpenters, who pronounced her a total wreck, and ad- 
vised her to be sold without delay, in case she might go to 
pieces. This was done. A public auction was held in the 
large schoolroom, which was quite large enough to hold all the 
bidders. I mounted the desk, and starting at £20, ran her up 
