CHAPTER VII. 



CONTENTS. 



PEACOCK AT VATULELE— SHORES OF VITILEVU— OPERATIONS OF LIEUTENANT EMMONS 

 — SUVA — MBENGA — ITS CONQUEST BY NGARANINGIOU — NAMUKA — HARBOUR OF 

 NDRONGA — MALOLO PASSAGE — LIEUTENANT EMMONS JOINS THE PEACOCK— LOSS OF 

 THE LAUNCH— PEACOCK ANCHORS OFF BA— TABOOA— VOTIA— DONGALOA— MALAKI— MAS- 

 SACRE OF ITS INHABITANTS BY TANOA— MALAKI PASSAGE— SANDALWOOD BAY— CIVIL 

 WAR OF MBUA— CAPTAIN HUDSON MEDIATES A PEACE— THE CHIEFS ADOPT THE RULES 

 AND REGULATIONS— THEY ARE FEASTED— LIEUTENANT EMMONS AGAIN DETACHED- 

 CAPTAIN HUDSON VISITS THE SHORE— TOWN OF VATURUA — ALBINO — MATAINOLE — 

 RETURN OF ONE OF THE BOATS — WAR -DANCE — TRADING FOR PROVISIONS — DIMBA- 

 DIMBA POINT— RUKE-RUKE BAY— VILLAGE OF WAILEA— DILLON'S ROCK— BICHE DE MAR 

 FISHERY— BAY OF NALOA— TAVEA— VOTUA— CANOES AND POTTERY— NATIVE DANCE- 

 MURDER OF CUNNINGHAM— MUTHUATA— LIEUTENANT EMMONS REJOINS THE PEACOCK 

 —PRESENTS FROM THE KING OF MUTHUATA— HIS WIVES— EXTENT OF HIS TERRITORY 

 —VISIT OF KO-MBITI— VISIT FROM THE KING'S WIVES— KING ADOPTS THE RULES AND 

 REGULATIONS — CAPTAIN HUDSON DEMANDS THE MURDERERS OF CUNNINGHAM — 

 TURTLE PEN — SECOND VISIT FROM THE KING'S WIVES — THEFT DETECTED AND 

 PUNISHED — BURIAL-PLACE — VISIT OF THE KING'S SON — CUNNINGHAM'S MURDERERS 

 REPORTED TO HAVE ESCAPED— GINGI— EXCURSIONS OF THE NATURALISTS— ARRIVAL 

 OF MR. HARRISON AT MUTHUATA— PREPARATIONS OF THE NATIVES FOR A FEAST- 

 PEACOCK LEAVES MUTHUATA— RENEWAL OF THE CIVIL WAR OF MBUA— CANNIBALISM 

 —JUNCTION OF THE PEACOCK WITH THE VINCENNES. 



