v i CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER II. 



DEPARTURE FROM TONGATABOO— THE PORPOISE DETACHED— ENTRANCE INTO THE 

 FEEJEE GROUP— ARRIVAL AT LEVUKA — TU1 LEVUKA— MESSAGE SENT TO TANOA— 

 PLANS OF OPERATION— TENDER OF THE SHIP LEONIDAS— EXCURSION TO THE PEAK 

 OF ANDULONG— OBSERVATORY ESTABLISHED— BOATS DETACHED TO SURVEY— ORDERS 

 TO THE OFFICERS— ARRIVAL OF THE FLYING-FISH— PRECAUTIONS— ARRIVAL OF TANOA 

 —HIS RECEPTION AT LEVUKA— HIS VISIT TO THE VINCENNES— HIS ADOPTION OF THE 

 RULES AND REGULATIONS— HIS SUITE — HIS SECOND VISIT— DISTRICTS OF OVOLAU— 

 LABOURS OF TUI LEVUKA-RULING POWER IN OVOLAU— TOWN OF LEVUKA— DISTRICTS 

 OF THE FEEJEE GROUP— RECENT HISTORY OF AMBAU— INTRODUCTION OF FIRE-ARMS- 

 REIGN OF ULIVOU— ACCESSION OF TANOA— WAR WITH REWA— REBELLION AGAINST 

 TANOA— HIS TRIUMPHAL RETURN— DISTURBANCES BETWEEN AMBAU AND REWA— 

 PREPARATIONS FOR MAKING A GARDEN— ROYAL PRESENT FROM TANOA— DEATH OF 

 DAVID BATEMAN — VISIT FROM SERU— HIS RECEPTION ON BOARD THE VINCENNES— 

 VISIT FROM PADDY CONNEL— HIS HISTORY 47—73 



CHAPTER III. 



INTRODUCTORY REMARKS— PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF THE NATIVES— THEIR EXPRES- 

 SION OF COUNTENANCE— THEIR CHARACTER— DIVISION OF TRIBES AND RANK— VASUS 

 —FEEJEE WARS— CEREMONIES IN DECLARING WAR— ADDRESSES TO THE WARRIORS- 

 FLAGS— FORTIFICATIONS— SIEGES— MODE OF BEGGING FOR PEACE— CEREMONIES OF A 

 CAPITULATION— SUBJECT TRIBES— RELIGION— TRADITION OF THE ORIGIN OF RACES 

 AND OF A DELUGE— GODS— BELIEF IN SPIRITS— NDENGEI, THEIR SUPREME GOD— HIS 

 SONS — INFERIOR GODS — OTHER RELIGIOUS OPINIONS — IDEA OF A SECOND DEATH— 

 MBURES OR SPIRIT-HOUSES— AMBATI OR PRIESTS— THEIR JUGGLERY— THEIR INFLUENCE 

 —ORACLE AT LEVUKA— SACRIFICES— RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS— MARRIAGES— INFIDELITY 

 AND ITS PUNISHMENT— BIRTHS— CONSEQUENCES OF THE RELIGIOUS BELIEF— PARENTS 

 PUT TO DEATH — SUICIDE — WIVES STRANGLED AT FUNERALS — DEFORMED AND 

 DISEASED PERSONS PUT TO DEATH— HUMAN SACRIFICES— FUNERAL RITES— MOURNING 

 — CANNIBALISM-PRICE OF HUMAN LIFE — ATTACKS ON FOREIGN VESSELS— CASE OF 

 THE CHARLES DOGGETT — VENDOVI'S PARTICIPATION — RESOLUTION IN REGARD TO 

 HIM 77—111 



