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his club and laid it in front of us as a present. These weapons formed 

 a very large pile ; and it was amusing to me to perceive many of 

 them change their clubs for those of much less value before they 

 brought them to present. In return for these, they expected presents, 

 which were given them. 



John Sac, or Tuatti, our New Zealander, was desirous of showing 

 the dance of his country, which excited great astonishment among 

 them. John's dance was one of great energy and violence, and as 

 opposite from that we had just witnessed as could well be conceived. 

 We had afterwards several dances by young girls and children, with 

 which the afternoon's amusements ended. 



The flute, although much in use among them, was not played 

 on this occasion. It consists simply of a piece of bamboo, both ends 

 of which are stopped ; it has five holes, one of which is placed near 

 the end, to which the left nostril is applied. Of the other holes, two 

 are in the middle, and two at the other end, for the fingers. This 

 instrument produces a low plaintive note, which is but slightly 

 varied by the closing and opening of the holes. It is sometimes 

 accompanied by the voice, a union which the whites informed me 

 was greatly admired by the natives, who not unfrequently applaud 

 the performance by clapping their hands. No other instrument but 

 the flute is played by the women as an accompaniment for the voice. 

 They likewise have a kind of Paudean pipe, made of several reeds of 

 different sizes, lashed together. 



The next day, Tui Levuka paid me a visit for the purpose of 

 receiving the presents, which I told him I was desirous to give him, 

 in return for the clubs we received at the exhibition of the dance. 

 He remained late in the evening, in order, as he said, to prevent the 

 Ambau people from getting a sight of them, in which case they would 

 all be taken from him. 



On the 25th of June, as I was employed surveying, having David 

 Whippy in the boat with me, it being a remarkably clear day, and 

 the peaks on the far-distant islands very conspicuous, I proposed to 

 Whippy to ascend an almost perpendicular rock, some eighty feet 

 high, on the north end of Ovolau, which we had named Underwood 

 Tower. David seemed to hesitate, and said it was beyond the 

 boundary of Tui Levuka's authority ; but seeing me anxious, he said 

 he thought it might be done. I accordingly landed at some distance 

 from its base. There were no natives in sight at the time. After a 

 hard scramble we reached the top, which was about ten feet square, 



