CHAPTER III. 



CONTENTS. 



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— NDENG EI, 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 LEVUK A — 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— CANNI- 

 BALISM — PRICE OF HUMAN LIFE — ATTACKS ON FOREIGN VESSELS — CASE OF THE 

 CHARLES DOGGETT— VENDOVI'S PARTICIPATION— RESOLUTION IN REGARD TO HIM. 



