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clear it, after doing which we arrived off Ovolau at 2 a. m. Notwith- 

 standing the darkness, we passed in and anchored near the Porpoise. 



On the 4th, I was engaged until late in the afternoon observing for 

 time, in order to verify the meridian distances between Ovolau and 

 those places at which I had again observed, and to ascertain if any 

 change had taken place in the rates of my chronometers within the 

 last five weeks. The proof of their correct performance was most 

 satisfactory. 



Levuka looked almost deserted, in comparison with what it had 

 been during our stay there. Tui Levuka received me with much 

 hospitality. I took a look at the garden we had planted, and found 

 that many of the vegetables had already gone to seed, which the 

 white man, George, had gathered ; but it wanted weeding, which they 

 promised me should be done, under an injunction that they would 

 pull up nothing that they did not know. 



On the Observatory Point, Seru, Tanoa's eldest son, had built an 

 mbure for the accommodation of strangers, and the spot is now held 

 sacred. I found he had respected the pile of stones I had left as a 

 mark for the harbour. 



The Lebouni people, I was told, would occasionally complain 

 that they had not been sufficiently rewarded for their services at his 

 kitchen. They are a remarkably wild-looking set of fellows, and 

 may be termed wild Feejee men. The wood-cut conveys a good 

 representation of them. 



WILD FEEJEE MAN. 



An anecdote of a noted chief, proves they have some commendable 

 points about them. This man is known by the whites at Ovolau by 



